Seminars and webinars

Our Boost your super webinar will cover the following:

What to consider

Receive guidance on what to consider when you want to save for your future, by contributing part of your salary into your superannuation account. Even a small amount now could make a world of difference later and the sooner you start, the greater the end reward.

Explore your contribution options

Explore how you can boost your super balance, pay less tax, and reduce your taxable income. You could make a positive difference to your savings come tax time each year, and the more you put into your superannuation now, the more you'll have to enjoy later in life.

Learn about super, savings strategies and building your financial security

We’ll outline some helpful tips and tools you can use now to make sure your super is on the right path, for you to retire as comfortably as possible.

Our First Home Super Saver (FHSS) scheme webinar will cover the following:

What to consider

The two largest assets you are likely to own are your super and your family home — why not use one to help fund the other? This webinar is a great opportunity to learn how the FHSS scheme can help you do just that.

How it works

If you’re planning to buy your first home, we’ll explain how you could use super contributions to help save for a deposit, while saving tax.

Details about the FHSS scheme

We’ll help you understand how the FHSS scheme works to help you buy your first home sooner, and the eligibility criteria. We’ll go through what contributions count towards the scheme and how you can access them, plus how the scheme can help you save on tax.

Our Investments webinar will cover the following:

Personalising your investments

Guidance on what to consider when you are thinking about personalising or tailoring your investment allocation, and how to better understand the options available.

Exploring investment options

Explore investment options, including diversification, risk and return, as well as how asset classes work and ways you might allocate your portfolio. You’ll also find out about the importance of your timeframe and how long-term performance should be considered, plus the part emotive drivers play.

Learn about super, savings strategies and building your financial security

Whether you’re retiring soon, or it’s still a few years off, we’ll outline some helpful tips and tools you can use now to make sure your super is on the right path, for you to retire as comfortably as possible.

Our Planning for retirement webinar will cover the following:

Using a Transition to Retirement account

We’ll look at how a Transition to Retirement account (TTR) may help your transition from full-time to part-time work, allowing you to access your super and top up your reduced income. Further, we’ll explore how you may be able to benefit from this strategy if you plan to continue working full-time and build a stronger super balance for your eventual retirement.

How much you’ll need in retirement

Super, like most important aspects of our lives, is not a one-size-fits-all. If you’re wondering how much you’re really going to need to live the retirement you have planned, we’ll talk you through the factors you need to consider.

Strategies to make the most of your retirement

Whether you’re retiring soon, or it’s still a few years off, we’ll outline some straightforward things that you can do now to make sure that your retirement is as comfortable as possible.

Our Protecting your wealth webinar will cover the following:

What to consider

Most of us insure our homes and cars, but we often overlook our most important asset — our ability to earn an income and provide for our families. If something were to happen to you, it’s essential to have a backup plan in place to protect your family and your future.

Exploring your options

Choosing to be insured can provide you with a safety net for life’s most challenging times. This webinar is a great opportunity to learn more about how you can protect your wealth for you and your family’s future.

Super and building financial security

We’ll explain NGS Super’s default insurance cover and the insurance options available to you within super. You’ll also learn about tailoring your insurance coverage to suit your needs.

Our Responsible investing webinar will cover the following:

What is responsible investing?

We’ll look at the principles of responsible investment, and the key environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues facing investors.

The NGS approach to responsible investing

We’ll talk about our net zero carbon target, including what we don’t invest in, and how we engage with companies we invest in to promote better outcomes. We’ll also take a look at the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and how we incorporate them into our investment decision-making.

Our Socially Responsible Diversified option

If social and environmental issues are a high priority for you, you’re looking for medium to long-term growth and are willing to accept short-term fluctuations in returns, we’ll explain how this option could be of interest.

Tailoring your investment within NGS

We’ll also provide details on how you can make choices within your NGS account to make sure your investments reflect your timeframe, appetite for risk and more.

Our Super beneficiary nominations webinar will cover the following:

What to consider

If you’ve started thinking about your super, then you probably know that its purpose is to provide you with an income in retirement. Have you wondered what would happen to your super if your retirement is shorter than planned? Or worse, what if you don’t make it to retirement? What plans have you made to ensure that your super goes to the right people in the event that you don’t get to enjoy it all?

Exploring your options

Our free super beneficiary nominations webinar will help you understand the importance of making a nomination for your superannuation death benefit.

Learn about super and ensuring your family’s financial security

We’ll explain death benefits, taxation of superannuation benefits, and whether your will covers your super. You’ll also learn about the types of beneficiary nominations, the importance of nominating a beneficiary, and how to ensure your nomination is valid.

Our Understanding Centrelink for your retirement webinar will cover the following:

The government age pension

There’s a lot to understand about the government age pension.

We’ll talk about:

• eligibility, including qualifying age
• how to claim
• the assets and income tests that determine how much you’re entitled to receive.

Concessions

We’ll go through the range of benefits that a concession card offers, including cheaper medicine, public transport discounts and more.

Planning for retirement

We’ll also touch on planning for retirement, how your super fits in and what types of advice are available to you as an NGS member.

Our Women and super webinar will cover the following:

What to consider

Despite advances in financial equality, women are still retiring with significantly less super than men. The superannuation gender gap is real, but it doesn’t have to be this way. We want to empower women to be confident money managers and to know more about securing their financial futures.

Exploring your options

Want to take control of your financial future? Attending our free Women and super webinar is a great way to learn how simple decisions you make today can have a big impact on how much money you have when you retire.

Super and building financial security

We’ll talk about the importance of super, how it works, and the particular financial opportunities and challenges women can face. You will also learn how to maximise your super for your ideal retirement. Managing your super well is probably easier than you think. This webinar will set the scene and show you how to take steps towards a strong financial future.