Putting more in your superannuation fund
Wednesday July 16, 2008
Superannuation fund management can be about as hands on as you like. Some people are happy to merely allow compulsory superannuation fund payments be made by their employer. Others use a corporate superannuation fund or an industry superannuation fund and then add more money to it whenever they can. Then there are those who prefer to have a great degree of control over their superannuation fund so that they may hopefully make more by saving on fees and making better paying investments.
By putting more into your superannuation fund voluntarily, you may be able to benefit from government schemes that reward this behaviour by adding bonus money. Losing access to money now so that you can benefit from it later may not seem like a good idea, but the payoff can be great for those who are at the beginning of their career.
A superannuation fund will usually experience steady growth over its life, with occasional periods where it flourishes and other times when it flounders. This means that the earlier money is added to it, the greater it can pay off by the time it is needed. Younger people adding money to their superannuation fund can thus essentially add less money for a similar total benefit to larger amounts added later in their career.
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