Retire Smart: Plan with Nick Bruining @ Wanneroo Library
Learn how to build your own retirement plan with this simple guide. Discover how a couple with $300,000 can earn over $60,000 a year tax-free using low-risk strategies. Written by trusted financial expert Nick Bruining—ABC radio regular and senior finance writer for Seven West Media.
Don’t Panic is for Australians retiring with modest savings, covering everything from Centrelink and tax to investments and super. Updated with the latest figures, strategies, and practical tips from 35+ years of financial planning experience.
Key topics include:
- Leveraging Centrelink benefits to maximise your income and wellbeing.
- Strategies for downsizing your home to free up capital and reduce expenses
- Learn how in retirement, tax returns are a thing of the past.
- How your spending habits will change as you age.
- Managing superannuation effectively to extend your retirement savings
- Understanding gifting rules and how they can “earn” you nearly 8 percent per annum form the Government.
- Navigating account-based pensions for steady, tax-efficient income
With clear guidance tailored to today’s retirement landscape, Don’t Panic! empowers you to plan confidently and enjoy the retirement you deserve.
About the Author
Nick Bruining has more than 37 years in the financial advice industry, acting as both an adviser to individuals through the practice he founded, and also sharing his knowledge through his many roles, including:
- Columnist/Writer The West Australian Newspaper 1999 – present.
- Reporter/Commentator Seven Network Perth, 2013 – 2021.
- ABC Radio, National – Monthly, Philip Clark Nightlife, 2019 – present
- ABC Radio WA – Thursday “Money Man, Money Matters”, 2003 – present
- 6PR Commentator, 2005 – 2020
- Author and Presenter “The Retirement Masterclass”
Nick was one of the earliest recipients of the Financial Planner of the Year Award.
He is the author of a number of best-selling books including “Don’t Panic – Why you don’t need $1 Million to retire well”, and as co-author of “Don’t Panic – Aged Care“.
Nick is an economist by education and was previously a lecturer at the prestigious Curtin University.
He is a director and board member of the highly-regarded Certified Independent Financial Advisers Association Ltd and holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Economics and Financial Planning) and a Diploma of Financial Planning. He is also a FAICD Director.
Target audience: Adults
FREE: bookings essential
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