Congratulations to Elliot Watson Financial Planning on achieving a recent award for Risk Practice of the Year 2017. The "Awards of Excellence" Reward and Recognition program at RI Advice Group follows a great tradition of recognising our best performers within…
Senior Australians who feel their homes are too big now have the opportunity to sell the house, move into a smaller house and put the excess into a super fund. This is only for people aged 65 years and above,…
Investment mogul and guru, Warren Buffett is reputed to read 500 pages a day. He says that knowledge builds up like compound interest. Indeed, reading is one interest that top business figures have in common. The books open you up…
Recently Opposition Leader Bill Shorten announced a direct and unprecedented attack on your superannuation fund. In a controversial move, he proposes to end cash refunds on excess dividend imputation credits, garnering an estimated $59 billion over the next decade. Australians…
President Donald Trump in the United States, with the help of a Republican Senate, passed the largest sweeping corporate tax cuts in over 30 years. While exciting for the US, these tax cuts could have serious consequences for the Australian…
Income - Expenses = Savings It is a simple equation. If you want more money there are three options - increase your income, decrease your expenses, or both. Yet many Australians find it difficult to save money. Let’s look at…
The end of the year sees people get philosophical about the past year and what the new year will bring. Most people make New Year Resolutions about losing weight, exercising, and getting healthy. In 2018, why not make your financial…
Last week Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced that there would be a Royal Commission into the banking sector. The shock move was forced on the government with rumours that Nationals MPs were prepared to cross the floor to push for…
The RBA recently announced that interest rates will stay at 1.5%. This is the 14th time rates have been held at this historical low. But do not get complacent. Interest rates are set to increase. It is just a matter…