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What to expect when meeting your lawyer for the first time
Throughout your lifetime, you will likely only ever need to engage with a lawyer a handful of times. Often this happens around key life events such as buying a house or preparing your Will, however sometimes unexpected events, such as an accident or injury, may lead you to seek legal advice and support to ensure that you and your family’s future is protected. The legal process can seem daunting and unfamiliar if you have had limited prior exposure. It may even seem too much to try and deal with when you are focused on trying to recover from your injury or illness. However, it is important to understand it does not need to be a difficult experience. One of the most important parts of my...
Are you paying too much in super fees?
Ever had that moment at the mechanic when your car's malfunction is described to you in baffling detail to justify the bill you're about to receive? Did you just nod along, take deep breath, and pay it? Well, a similar dynamic has long operated in the superannuation sector. For the minority of people who even get around to opening their superannuation statement, a bewildering array of fees may await: investment fees, admin fees, advice fees, switching fees, indirect costs, the list goes on. But super is a complicated business. How can the average person possibly work out whether the fees they are charged are reasonable or not? The problem is a lot of super funds, mainly those owned by the...
Why it pays to pay attention to your super’s insurance benefits
Plenty of us are guilty of not paying enough attention to our superannuation. In Australia, most of us have super that’s funded by contributions from our employer. And because the money’s not affecting our hip pockets right now, many of us tune out to it. The times we do think about our super are often when we start a new job, go through the process of rolling over funds or start heading towards retirement years. But often, we only pay attention to the financial performance and investment of our superannuation funds, and skip over one of the most important elements: our super’s insurance benefits. In this article, we look at why it’s so important that you understand your super’s...