SMSF advice articles & tips

Merry Christmas from the Empower Wealth Community: A Year of Impact, Growth and Gratitude

As 2025 draws to a close and the festive season fills the air, it’s the perfect moment to pause, take stock, and reflect on an extraordinary year across Empower Wealth, Moorr and The Property Couch. This year has been one of significant achievements, meaningful progress, and heartfelt reminders of why our mission matters so deeply. Cele...

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Meet Leslie Dong: A Financial Planner Who Puts People First

Leslie Dong didn’t start his professional life in finance, but once he discovered his passion for helping people achieve financial clarity and confidence, he never looked back. Now a dedicated Financial Planner at Empower Wealth, Leslie brings years of experience, a calm and caring presence, and a strong belief that every client deserves to feel...

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1,000 Five-Star Reviews & Wealth Advisory of the Year 2025!

It’s a double celebration at Empower Wealth! This year, we’ve been named Wealth Advisory of the Year 2025 for the second year in a row, and we’ve also just reached another milestone — between our Melbourne and Sydney office, we've received 1,000 five-star Google reviews from our clients! For us, these two achievements go hand in han...

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Meet Tim Archer: The SES Volunteer Helping Aussies Retire Confidently

What makes someone walk away from a stable career in IT to step into the world of financial planning? For Tim Archer, it was all about purpose. Today, he’s a Senior Financial Planner and Self-Managed Super Fund (SMSF) Specialist at Empower Wealth—but his path here was anything but traditional. And it all started with a podcast. What ...

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Reflecting on 2024: A Christmas Message from Ben

As the year draws to a close, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the achievements and milestones of 2024. Ben Kingsley, Managing Director of Empower Wealth, shares his heartfelt Christmas message, highlighting what has been an extraordinary year for our clients, our businesses, and our community. Empowering Clients, One Milestone at a Time ...

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900th “5 stars” Google Review AND more!

At Empower Wealth, we’re all about helping Australians take control of their finances and build a better future and this month, we’re excited to share some incredible milestones that show the impact of this journey!! NPS and Google Reviews Getting a high Net Promoter Score (NPS) is no small task. In fact, most banks, insurers, and wealth...

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What is indexation and how does it work?

Indexation is an optional benefit on life insurance policies designed to ensure you’ll always have the same financial freedom in the event of a claim. Not all insurance policies offer indexation. But for those that do, it works by offering you an increase to the sum insured in your policy at each policy anniversary. This increase is designed ...

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Retirement Savings: What Every Australian Needs to Know

Key Takeaways: According to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), to have a ‘comfortable’ retirement, single people will need $595,000 in retirement savings, and couples will need $690,000, assuming they receive part Age Pensions.1 Retirement calculators can tell you how much capital you need to support the lifest...

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Changes to super from 1 July 2024

Key takeaways: On 1 July 2024, the SG rate which determines the minimum percentage of your salary that your employer must contribute to your super fund, will increase from 11% to 11.5% The cap on concessional (before-tax) super contributions will increase from $27,500 to $30,000 per year The non-concessional (after-tax) super contributio...

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Meet Sarah Wing-Tang

Sarah is a key member of Empower Wealth's Financial Planning Administration team. From her background in superannuation to her role at Empower Wealth, Sarah shares how she forms meaningful relationships with clients, ensuring they feel confident in their decisions and helping them towards their financial goals. Transcript My name is Sarah, I...

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Unpacking 2023: Household Finances, Inflation, and Property Markets

Hello, Ben Kingsley here, and wow, it's been a mega year again. A very, very fast year that has been the year 2023. And as I reflect on that year, the real big theme to me has been the economy and also very much the cost of living. Everything's costing more and I wanted to bring that theme through in my Christmas message in terms of looking at...

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Meet Sam Caton

Sam is our Customer Support Manager working within the Financial Planning team, and ensures the smooth running of the team’s day-to-day activities. Transcript My name is Sam and I'm the Admin Manager for the Financial Planning Team. I started working at Empower Wealth about nine and a half years ago now. It was just me and two advisors at ...

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A 2023 Festive Message from the Empower Wealth Team

Hi, Ben Kingsley here, Managing Director of Empower Wealth. Hello and welcome to my annual festive season message to you, our valued customers. Now I started delivering these messages all the way back in 2017. So this is the sixth year that I get to deliver this message where I talk about the broader market and also hone in in terms of how...

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