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The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has some excellent investing and superannuation resources, and this ASIC section is dedicated to their content.

The material is selected by Firstlinks and while ASIC is comfortable that this content be shared, it is not formally endorsing Firstlinks or our selection.

ASIC will provide articles throughout the year exclusively for Firstlinks readers, and in turn, we will highlight new material such as research papers, regulatory announcements, calculators and other tools developed by ASIC.

The ASIC material selected by Firstlinks is divided into three sections on this page:

  1. Calculators, featuring a retirement planner, superannuation calculator and optimiser, compound interest, financial adviser register and reverse mortgage calculator.
  2. Resources on investing, planning and retirement to help plan for a better future.
  3. Research articles and speeches, some written exclusively for Firstlinks.

 

Calculators

Super & retirement calculators

Investment calculators

Budgeting & saving calculators

Money health calculators & unclaimed money search

  • Women’s money toolkit – helps women sort out their financial issues and make the most of their money
  • Parental leave calculator – helps you to work out your income if you’re taking time off work to care for a child
  • Money health check – assess your financial health and get personalised tips for improving it
  • Your net worth calculator – weigh up your debts and assets to review your financial situation
  • Unclaimed money search – find out if you have any lost money from bank accounts, companies (shares and investments) and life insurance policies

Mortgage calculators

 

Resources on investing, superannuation and finding an adviser

Click on any of these links to find the ASIC content.

 

Research articles and speeches

Cuffelinks articles written by ASIC 

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