Financial Planning or Financial Guidance: What's the Difference?
What’s the difference between planning and advice or guidance? There are advisors who are planners and planners who act as advisors. There are some who are only providing planning for a fee, and some who are doing only the advisory work – leaving the planning piece for the investor to navigate.
As you decide what’s right for you, there are a few things to understand about planning and guidance.
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Make my retirement funds last the distance
Australians are living longer and if you hang up your work boots at, say, age 65 and live to age 90, you need to plan for the possibility of a quarter of a century in retirement. That’s a wonderful thought! But will your money last the distance?
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Should you be salary sacrificing?
Does your employer offer salary packaging? Do you know people who are using the facility and seem to be in a better financial position because of it?
Everyone’s personal situation is different and we can help establish if salary packaging is the right option for you. To give you some insight into the benefits and considerations;
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Investment Solutions - Winter 2017
In the winter edition of Investment Solutions magazine, we analyse what the proposed Budget changes mean for you.
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Depreciation and investment properties
If you’re a property investor this year’s Federal Budget included some changes which may have raised some questions for you.
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Federal Budget 2017
Last night, Treasurer Scott Morrison MP delivered the 2017 Federal Budget.
This year's budget was not expected to be one of great change for most people and lived up to these expectations in most areas.
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What is expected to be on the table at the 2017 Federal Budget?
In anticipation of the 9 May 2017 Federal Budget we have kept our ears to the ground.
A recent article in the Business Insider we believe encapsulates the expectations of Scott Morrison’s Tuesday evening Budget delivery to Parliament.
Therefore, we have decided to share this article with you. Obviously, we can also expect some additional surprises but this definitely sets the scene.
Please ensure you visit our website on Wednesday 10 May 2017 to read our summary of the Budget and likely implications to us all.
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Investors face higher tax bills on stapled securities
The federal government is considering doubling the tax rate applied to more than $199 billion worth of so-called stapled structures, in a move that experts say could scare off foreign investors.
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Investment Solutions - Autumn 2017
In this edition of Investment Solutions magazine, we discuss different strategies to help boost your super balance before proposed government changes take effect.
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