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Financial planning guides

Financial planning advice is 'lifetime advice'. To help you gain a general understanding of certain concepts and the application of simple strategies, we have developed a series of educational guides to help you through every stage of your life.

For more information, please contact your Bridges financial planner. If you don't already have one, please call us on 1800 645 303 and we can put you in touch with a Bridges financial planner near you.

Insurance flyers
Business insurance
Income protection
Personal insurance explained
TPD insurance
Trauma insurance
Investing flyers
Bonds
Dollar cost averaging explained
Investing in shares
Investment platforms
Investment risk and return
Investment risk profiles
Model portfolios
Saving and investing - the fundamentals
Understanding gearing
Retirement
Aged care - making an informed decision
Account-based pensions
Centrelink and DVA Service Pension
Centrelink payments and entitlements and work bonus
Nominating a reversionary beneficiary
Transitioning to retirement
What is an annuity
What is a re-contribution strategy?
Superannuation flyers
Contributing to super
Consolidating your super
Salary sacrifice or Government super co-contribution
Self-managed superannuation funds
Splitting superannuation contributions
Superannuation: understanding the basics
What is a binding death benefit nomination?
Other
Capital gains tax explained
Estate planning
Receiving a redundancy payment

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