Australia
A clearer place to start.
Understand the cash beside your mortgage, locate your super records, and make policy renewals easier to review. Product details matter more than a familiar label.
Tell an offset account from redraw
An offset is a transaction account linked to a home loan; eligible funds reduce the balance used to calculate interest. Redraw concerns extra repayments already made to the loan. Access, charges and the extent of an offset depend on the product.
- Confirm whether the offset is full or partial.
- Compare loan rates and package/account fees together.
- Check redraw access conditions before assuming the money is available like transaction-account cash.
Read your super statement as several records
The balance, contributions, investments, fees and any insurance are different parts of the same statement. Organize them before comparing funds. Combining accounts can affect insurance and other benefits, so record those details first.
- List the funds you know about and the date of each statement.
- Check investment choices, fees and insurance details separately.
- Use the official guidance to investigate missing super records.
Make renewal a document check
A premium does not describe the whole policy. Put the renewal date, excess, exclusions and contact route together. Compare wording as well as price; a reminder does not confirm that a claim would be covered.
- Keep the policy schedule and product disclosure statement accessible.
- Record the renewal date as a local calendar date.
- Ask the insurer about unclear exclusions rather than guessing from a summary.
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