About this episode

The episode discusses the financial implications of retiring without home ownership in Australia and explores potential solutions for achieving a comfortable retirement.

Australia’s financial system - through tax policy, superannuation and retirement benchmarks implicitly assume that retirees own their own homes. Home ownership dramatically changes the amount Australians need to save for retirement. So, what if you don’t own and rent in retirement? This is an increasingly likely scenario for many Australians given the state of our housing market.  Mark and Shani run through potential solutions in this episode, and modelling for how to achieve a comfortable retirement. You can find the full article here. To get 50% off a 12-month Australian Shareholder's Association membership, click here and enter the code MORNING50. Disclaimer : This offer is valid for new ASA members only and cannot be applied to renewals or existing memberships. Would you like more free insights from Mark, Shani and the rest of the Morningstar team? You can find them here. A message from Mark and Shani For the past five years, we’ve released a weekly podcast to arm you with the tools to invest successfully. We’ve always strived to provide independent, thoughtful analysis, backed by the work of hundreds of researchers and professionals at Morningstar. We’ve…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark, Shani

Topics covered

• superannuation
• retirement planning
• housing market
• financial independence
• investment strategies

Sponsors

Australian Shareholder's Association

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Organizations: Morningstar Australia

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