Category: Money.Com

We’re celebrating our 100th episode today by chatting with the man who started it all! This week on the Friends with Money podcast, editor-in-chief Michelle Baltazar chats with Money’s founder and editorial adviser Paul Clitheroe about his top 5 tips to achieve financial freedom. In this episode, we discuss: The trouble with money It starts with a dollar Where do you put your cash? It’s all about control Link: Can I retire now? #friendswithmoney #michellebaltazar #paulclitheroe #moneysecrets Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3mV0Cbr Listen on Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3qGfsoL Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3fSPI2h Website: https://moneymag.com.au Email: podcast@moneymag.com.au Money is a destination for [See More…]

As the cost of living crisis continues to bite, more Australians are finding themselves in financial difficulty. But where can anyone who’s struggling turn for advice? This week on the Friends With Money podcast, Money’s Tom Watson is joined by Deb Shroot, a financial counsellor at Financial Counselling Australia, to run through exactly how financial counsellors can help. What are the major financial concerns at present? What support can financial counsellors provide? How are counsellors different from advisors? How can people avoid getting into financial difficulty? For more information, or to find a financial counsellor and access support you can [See More…]

Money magazine’s bumper 148 page issue features our Best of the Best Award winners for 2022. There are 128 winners across superannuation, investments, savings accounts, credit cards, loans, insurance, cars, telcos and wine. We feature awards for innovation in superannuation funds, best investment manager of the year, ETF manager of the year and so many more. Also in the month’s Money magazine, we discuss where to buy commercial property in 2022, tips for upgrading your business, and how to instill charitability in your children. And we look at whether it’s time to reform the tax system. To purchase a copy, [See More…]

Women are retiring with 47% less super than men, so this episode of the Friends With Money podcast is focused on finding out whats going on and how we can fix it. Despite more conversations and greater advocacy around equal pay, the challenges associated with gender wealth disparity still remain. Time out of the work-force raising children, disproportionate representation in part-time retail and hospitality roles, as well as the gender pay gap mean women are also trailing men in superannuation balances when reaching retirement age. They were also more significantly impacted by COVID-19 and participation in the government’s early release [See More…]