Sarah Riegelhuth

Moving in with a partner or friend? Your domestic arrangements can affect your financial obligations. Sarah Riegelhuth explains.

There’s been a lot of talk in recent weeks over women’s financial security, with one of the biggest news pieces of the month being the release of the ANZ paper on gender equality.

Whether I’m speaking to a large audience or a small group, there is one question I am almost always asked: “What is the best way to pay off your credit cards, especially when you have more than one?” My first piece of advice is blunt — STOP using them! Cut them all up and trash them.

Too often, we start with tactics rather than strategies when we think about investing.

I was doing an interview recently for a major publication when they asked me why I thought women weren’t able to get ahead financially.

Coming into a new year, many of us have set resolutions, goals, plans and made commitments regarding a number of things, invariably including money in some way (hopefully).

One of the biggest mistakes I see first home buyers make is not saving enough for their deposit, or even purchasing their first home with no deposit.

Building wealth is fundamentally quite simple.

One of the hardest things for us to get our head around when we’re young and just beginning our careers is that we need to think about superannuation and retirement.

We read all the time about the increasing expense of bringing up children, and there is a growing trend toward producing offspring later in life, when we are more financially stable.

There’s no rule book on how to manage money.

There’s no rule book on how to manage money.