Keryn Batsilas

The most commonly asked question asked by our pre-retiree clients and the general public when I tell them what I do is: How much do I need to retire? Depending on the publications you read and the level of detail you see, you will come up with a variety of answers.

There are plenty of public horror stories about financial advisers in the media.

If you believe a recent article in The Age you would be alarmed to find out that women in Australia are missing out on saving for a house deposit because they are spending all their money on shoes.

If you believe a recent article in The Age you would be alarmed to find out that women in Australia are missing out on saving for a house deposit because they are spending all their money on shoes.

There are plenty of public horror stories about financial advisers in the media.

The most commonly asked question asked by our pre-retiree clients and the general public when I tell them what I do is: How much do I need to retire? Depending on the publications you read and the level of detail you see, you will come up with a variety of answers.

Was one of your New Year’s resolutions to start saving or be better with your money? Every year saving money is amongst the top ten most common New Year’s resolutions.

Last week we explored the concept of saving 10% of your income, hopefully you have begun putting those strategies in place.

If you’ve being following my guide and putting the steps into practice you should come to a point where you are starting to build up some extra cash in your bank account.

In my last article I talked about some different types of asset classes that are easy to gain access to and pretty affordable in terms of the minimum you can start with.

You should find that you can implement step 1 to 4 quite easily and start moving forward quickly.

In the book ‘The Richest man in Babylon’ securing your future refers to two key areas; Ensuring an income to provide when you can’t/ or don’t wish to work anymore – what we now have the luxury of calling retirement.