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Guido and Marisa Gallo.

Marisa once trusted her accountant. She’s spent two years trying to recover $900,000

ASIC alleges Christopher Edwards does not have “the judgment, skill or character to participate in the Australian financial services industry”. He denies any wrongdoing.

  • Max Maddison

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Karen Hedberg fears she will not see her $3 million in superannuation.

Karen thought she had $3 million in her super. She can’t get hold of a cent

Karen Hedberg worked for 50 years. Her accountant Christopher Edwards says he has done nothing wrong.

  • Max Maddison
The reality is that an SMSF just isn’t right for most people any more.

The grim truth about self-managed super every worker needs to read

If you’ve ever thought about starting your own self-managed super fund, ASIC’s new report makes for essential – but shocking – reading.

  • Bec Wilson
SMSFs are not a golden ticket to a happy retirement. Instead, they’re often a lot of work for fewer gains.

We started an SMSF, but almost lost everything. How can we recover?

Pinning your entire retirement to the success of a single investment is extremely risky, and unwise.

  • Paul Benson
HSBC customer Katrina Qian was targeted by scams.

Scammers stole almost $50,000 from Katrina. Her bank offered her ‘goodwill’ instead of getting it back

Many Australian scam victims are in a seemingly hopeless battle to recoup devastating losses, while federal scam reforms “sit on a shelf”.

  • Aisha Dow
There is a wide array of potential ways that you could invest this money.

We’ve just sold our $1.2m investment property. What should we do with the money?

Think first about what your objectives are when parking extra funds.

  • Paul Benson
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We all make choices as to the tasks we do ourselves, versus those that we pay someone else to do.

I’m five years out from retirement. Is it worth paying for financial advice?

We all face the problem of “you don’t know what you don’t know”.

  • Paul Benson

Here’s what the average person with $3 million in super looks like

More probably male than female, almost certainly aged over 60 and probably raking in more than $100,000 a year: here’s what the 80,000 people affected by Labor’s tax plan look like.

  • Millie Muroi and Shane Wright
The number of millionaires has grown.

Meet the EMILLIs, our everyday millionaires. Australia has plenty of them

The cost-of-living crisis may have left us feeling economically challenged, but relative to the rest of the world a lot of us are definitely lucky.

  • Elizabeth Knight
One of the perks of SMSFs is the ability to put residential property inside your super fund.

Think you’re too young for self-managed super? Maybe not

More and more young Australians are opting for self-managed super funds. So what’s the appeal?

  • Daniel Zaffino