Simple steps to protect super for when it is needed most

The extreme market volatility caused by COVID-19 and the global financial crisis highlight the need to start planning long before stopping work to secure a sustainable retirement income.

December 2020

1 MIN

Reverse mortgage lenders highlight ‘solution’ to retirement income

Following the release of the Retirement Income Review, two reverse mortgage lenders have emphasised how these products could provide Australians with more money in retirement.

November 2020

1 MIN

Your home: The foundation of retirement planning

Retirement planning often begins and ends with a discussion about how much super you have and whether it’s enough. While super is important, it’s not the only source of income and...

November 2020

1 MIN

Australia to lead the world in provision of home equity as the third pillar of retirement funding

Household Capital welcomes today’s release of the Retirement Income Review. Household Capital is Australia’s leading provider of home equity retirement funding. Since launching...

November 2020

1 MIN

Govt’s RIR welcomed but opposing views on key issues

While the Government’s Retirement Income Review final report has been widely welcomed by the financial services industry, there have been opposing views regarding home equity being...

November 2020

1 MIN

Aussies need to start using the family home to fund retirement: report

The home is an untapped asset that can be used to fund retirement, urges the retirement income review. Australia's current retirement system consists of three pillars: the age pension,...

November 2020

1 MIN

Retirees encouraged to increase drawdowns and tap into home equity

Australians will be able to maintain their working-life living standards in retirement even if the superannuation guarantee (SG) stays at 9.5 per cent of wages.

November 2020

1 MIN

Home equity access and four challenges of retirement

Australian Baby Boomers are among the world’s wealthiest, yet they experience widespread retirement funding insecurity due to inadequate access to the three pillars of our retirement...

November 2020

1 MIN

Household Capital passes on more than the RBA interest rate reduction to remain the lowest available home equity retirement funding provider in Australia

Australia’s leading home equity retirement funding provider, Household Capital, has announced a further cut to its interest rate. In response to this week’s RBA cut of 0.15 percent,...

November 2020

1 MIN

Household Capital Helps Australians Improve Retirement Lifestyle

Our retirement specialist Fiona Navarro has a follow up chat with Paul, host of Channel 9’s Mornings. Since their initial discussion, an increasing number of retired Australians have...

October 2020

1 MIN

Our Customer Vivienne Lives Well At Home

Our retirement specialist Fiona Navarro chats to channel 10 host Kate about the way retired Australians can use their Household Capital to improve their retirement funding and Live...

October 2020

1 MIN

Robo-advice algorithms could face regulatory scrutiny

Assistant Minister for Superannuation and Financial Services Jane Hume has hinted the government is considering pushing regulators to assess compliance in the algorithms behind automated...

October 2020

1 MIN

Joint superannuation accounts touted as fix for gender savings gap

Joint superannuation accounts should be introduced to bridge the retirement savings gap between men and women, a key industry executive has said.

October 2020

1 MIN

Financial services nudged to account for aged care

The financial services industry could need to consider how it integrates with aged care, as the minister for superannuation has said the government will be pushing for more cohesion...

October 2020

1 MIN

Financial advisers ‘like politicians’: Hume

Senator Jane Hume has reiterated the government’s intention to push for regulatory reform by making advice less compliance heavy and more accessible for consumers, while also giving...

October 2020

1 MIN

Retirees keen to remain home rather than downsize

October 2020

1 MIN

Should older Australians downsize their property?

October 2020

1 MIN

Property prices set to make a comeback

Prices across the nation’s residential real estate markets are stabilising and should begin to increase in the second half of next year after a mild downturn over coming months, according...

October 2020

1 MIN

Ten most innovative companies in banking, super and financial services

The AFR BOSS Most Innovative Companies list recognises the most innovative organisations in Australia and New Zealand, as judged by the expert panel assembled by The Australian Financial...

October 2020

1 MIN

Household Capital releases 2020 Retirement Outcomes survey

Household Capital has today released the results of their 2020 Retirement Outcomes survey, one of the first major national studies of its kind since the impacts of COVID-19 have hit. The...

October 2020

1 MIN

Industry fund supremo backs home equity release to help fund retirement

Tapping into home equity is a useful way to bridge gaps in retirement funding, according to former Industry Fund Services chair Garry Weaven. Alongside former superannuation minister...

September 2020

1 MIN

Home Income TVC - 15 sec

Our Home Income product is a simple way for retirees to access their home equity to improve their regular income and have greater choice and flexibility in retirement.

August 2020

1 MIN

Household Capital Helps Retirees in Challenging Times

Our retirement specialist Fiona Navarro has a follow up chat with Jamie, host of Channel 7’s The Morning Show. Since their initial discussion, the advent of COVID-19 has challenged...

July 2020

1 MIN

How to avoid crystallising a loss with your super

Australians approaching retirement should be very wary of government programs that encourage them to withdraw their super when the market has bottomed out when other options are available,...

June 2020

1 MIN

How global blue chips could help retiree income

Income-starved investors could look overseas to boost dividend income with global stalwarts that can afford to keep paying out, according to a leading UK fund manager. Scores of Australian...

June 2020

1 MIN

Home equity product’s fast cash

Retirees facing financial pressures flowing from the COVID-19 pandemic will be able to apply to draw $20,000 on their home equity using a product being launched on Wednesday by independent...

June 2020

1 MIN

Household Capital adds two C-suite execs to its growing team

Household Capital, an independent, specialist retirement funding provider has announced it has further expanded its team. On the back of strong growth and following the recent appointment...

May 2020

1 MIN

Our Customer Vivienne Transforms Her Retirement

Our retirement specialist Fiona Navarro chats to channel 9 host Paul about the impact COVID-19 is having on the health and financial wellbeing of retired Australians. Self-funded retirees,...

May 2020

1 MIN

New appointee to Household Capital board

Household Capital, an independent, specialist retirement funding provider has announced that entrepreneur and technology specialist Danny Gorog will join its board of directors.

April 2020

1 MIN

Household Capital adds UK home equity market expertise to team

Household Capital, an independent, specialist retirement funding provider has announced it has expanded its team with the addition of key expertise in retirement funding customer operations....

April 2020

1 MIN

Household Capital launches first brand campaign via The Royals

Specialist retirement funding provider Household Capital will this weekend launch its first integrated brand campaign, created by independent agency The Royals. The campaign aims to...

April 2020

1 MIN

Drawing Capital TVC -15 sec

Retirees can draw on their home equity, the wealth built up in the family home, as an income stream, a lump sum, or a mix of the two for a number of purposes. The home is much more...

April 2020

1 MIN

What are you doing with your Household Capital? TVC - 30 sec

Retirees can draw on their home equity, the wealth built up in the family home, as an income stream, a lump sum, or a mix of the two for a number of purposes. The home is much more...

April 2020

1 MIN

COVID-19 puts squeeze on older Australians' finances

Cash-strapped retirees facing caveats on their homes may be better off with a reverse mortgage. Older Australians are certainly feeling the impact of COVID-19, whether they're considering...

April 2020

1 MIN

'Abandoned' SMSFs call on government for help

Incomes of self-funded retirees are being clipped – or even lost – as the economic fallout of COVID-19 results in lower dividend payments and investment property tenants who can...

April 2020

1 MIN

Avoid doing serious damage to your super in falling markets

Retirees are warned to avoid withdrawing big chunks of savings from their super accounts because of the risk of locking in losses in falling markets. Those saving for their retirement...

March 2020

1 MIN

Why older Australians are more vulnerable in this market crisis

Wendy Roberts has watched her superannuation balance fall by $50,000 from her hospital bed in Clayton, a south-eastern suburb of Melbourne. The 63-year-old single mother of two was...

March 2020

1 MIN

Working With Retirees to Improve Their Retirement Funding

Fiona Navarro, Household Capitals' retirement specialist speaks to The Morning Show about retirement funding. Retirees can draw on their home equity, the wealth built up in the family...

March 2020

1 MIN

Household Capital gains L&G, super funds support

Household Capital chief executive Josh Funder says the specialist local retirement funding provider’s partnerships with local super funds and Britain’s Legal & General will supercharge...

March 2020

1 MIN

UK giant takes stake in local home equity group

Legal & General, the UK financial services giant with more than $2.2 trillion under management, has taken a 20 per cent stake in Household Capital. It's the first strategic investment...

March 2020

1 MIN

Market mayhem herds retirees to home equity

Plunging stock markets and minuscule bond yields are forcing increasingly desperate retirees to draw down on home equity in a scramble to boost income as retirement savings are squeezed...

March 2020

1 MIN

Australians not feeling supported by the retirement funding system

Household Capital, an independent, specialist retirement funding provider has completed its submission to the Retirement Income Review in response to the government’s consultation...

February 2020

1 MIN

The real cost of getting your house deposit from the Bank of Mum and Dad

More young Aussies are turning to their parents, appropriately dubbed the Bank of Mum and Dad, to help secure equity for a first home deposit, and financial advisers are split on the...

January 2020

1 MIN

Wealthy home owners devour aged pension welfare

Late last year, The Australian’s Adam Creighton labelled the Aged Pension “an economically costly inheritance preservation scheme” given its largesse towards wealthy home owning...

January 2020

1 MIN

Income boom for retirees who own property

Baby Boomer home owners in some of the nation’s plushest postcodes could release income from their properties equivalent to three to five times their existing superannuation, according...

January 2020

1 MIN

Reverse mortgages set to slip into top gear as Baby Boomers retire

Releasing home equity is an “important and growing element of post-retirement income planning” as home-owning Baby Boomers seek ways to top up modest savings, according to former...

November 2019

1 MIN

The good news is you'll have a longer life, that's also the bad news

We’re all living longer. So could you outlive your retirement savings? If you’re 65 today, there’s a good chance you’ll enjoy a long and happy retirement that lasts into your...

July 2019

1 MIN

Government needs to do more on in-home care

Household Capital, an independent, specialist retirement funding provider, commended the federal government’s announcement that it will fund an additional ten thousand in-home care...

April 2019

1 MIN

Multiple mugging survivor turns hand to helping retirees stretch resources

Joshua Funder has been mugged twice in his life. During a stint at the Boston Consulting Group in San Francisco in 2001, he was confronted in the street at gunpoint after hours of counting...

March 2019

1 MIN

Retirees marooned as banks retreat on reverse mortgages

Retirees are being blocked from accessing the money trapped in their property as banks pull out of the reverse mortgage market, fuelling a growing income inequality among older Australians....

March 2019

1 MIN

Firm helps tap home equity to fund retirement

The industry superannuation funds-backed ME Bank, rich-lister barrister Allan Myers and former federal super minister Nick Sherry are backing a new specialist retirement funding provider...

March 2019

1 MIN