I – Owen Rask – am so excited to introduce you to The Australian Retirement Podcast. I believe The Australian Retirement Podcast will become Australia’s most trusted and enjoyable finance podcast for retirees.
Every year, over 100,000 Australians retire. This is when we make the biggest financial step in our financial lives.
For many of us, it feels like stepping off into the unknown…
“With no salary, have I done enough to survive and live the life I want?”
“Will my nest egg provide the passive income I need to support my family?”
“What will life look like without the purpose of work?”
“How can I maintain my social life?”
“But I don’t like golf…”
The list goes on…
This is why our team at Rask came together with James O’Reilly at Northeast Wealth, and Drew Meredith and Jamie Nemtsas from Wattle Partners, to bring you a resource you can trust.
Wattle Partners and Northeast have been mine, and the Rask community’s, trusted voice for retirees for years. So I’m thrilled to have James and Drew step up to the plate and help our retirees smack it out of the park.
Over the next 10 weeks, we’ll bring you one Australian Retirement Podcast episode per week – every Thursday arvo – before jumping into raw Q&A episodes, real-life case studies, hear from experts in lifestyle design and behavioural psychology, investing, and so much more.
If you like the show, subscribe on Spotify, Apple or YouTube, and tell us why. If you want to be part of it. I want to hear from you.
You can get in contact with me, James and Drew by using this link and selecting The Australian Retirement Podcast. You can also join the daily discussion in the Rask Community (it’s free).
Below, you will find episode #1, in which Drew and James explain the show, what to expect, why they’re passionate about retirement advice, and have a bit of fun.
Cheers!
Owen Rask
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In the first episode of The Australian Retirement Podcast episode, your hosts Drew Meredith, from Wattle Partners, and James O’Reilly, from Northeast Wealth welcome you to the newest Rask podcast, The Australian Retirement Podcast, and dive into Australia’s retirement problem.
- Get retirement advice
- Ask a question (select the Retirement podcast)
Topics covered in Australian Retirement Podcast episode #1
- An introduction to us (James and Drew)
- Why we love being financial advisers
- Why retirement is our focus, and a big responsibility to manage
- How The Australian Retirement Podcast can help you
- An overview of upcoming episodes
List of upcoming episodes on The Australian Retirement Podcast
Here are the 10 most important topics you need to explore before or during retirement. Our expert financial advisers have designed 10 episodes to cover the essentials of retiring comfortably in Australia. We’ll release one episode each week. So don’t forget to subscribe.
- Australia’s retirement problem
- How do I start planning for retirement?
- How do I serious build wealth before I retire? (40s, 50s and 60s)
- Biggest traps and risks to avoid before retirement
- How to transition to retirement (a checklist)
- Estate planning and supporting your loved ones in retirement
- Early retirement – how, why and when to retire
- Supporting your kids and community (practical tips)
- Designing the “perfect retirement”
- Our 10 most popular retirement planning questions answered
Click here to go to The Australian Retirement Podcast page where you will find all episodes (i.e. once we build the first 10, you will see them all).
The first 10 episodes are just the start. Subscribe for weekly Q&A, profiles and more.
Every Thursday, our team of retirement experts will deliver Australia’s best retirement insights and practical steps on feeling secure and confident to jump into the next step in your financial journey.
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Meet your expert hosts – James & Drew
James O’Reilly is a qualified financial adviser, founder of Northeast Wealth, and co-host of the Australian Retirement Podcast.
Northeast is a fast-growing financial planning firm that’s helping create a new era in advice. James embarked on a career in financial advice in his early 20s, gaining experience in small practices and large institutions alike.
These experiences led him to conclude that financial advice is too often focused on product distribution, rather than supporting people to make meaningful financial progress. He started my own financial advice business shortly afterward, and hasn’t looked back since.
Get matched with Northeast Wealth for retirement advice.
Drew Meredith, CFP is a financial adviser, co-founder of Wattle Partners financial planning, co-host of The Australian Retirement Podcast and co-host of extremely popular Australian Investors Podcast.
Drew is highly experienced in providing financial advice to retirees, and has helped create and grow numerous businesses in financial services.
In addition to being a full-time financial planner, Drew is a Director of The Inside Network and Non-Executive Director of Atchison. He is passionate about educating and podcasts featuring Drew have been downloaded over 500,000 times.
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