Australian divorcees suffer five year financial hit: AMP.NATSEM

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It takes five years for divorced couples to recover their financial position following separation, according to new research released by AMP yesterday. The latest AMP.NATSEM report – For Richer, For... Read more continue reading

Online contracts: click to agree

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When millions of users signed up for ‘Pokémon Go’ they agreed to a term granting the app developers access to see and modify nearly all of their information on their... Read more continue reading

What did you not achieve this year? … Here are five tips to get you off to a good start for 2017

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“Wow. It’s almost Christmas” … “Where has the year gone” … Familiar cries for the start of December. What did you achieve in 2016? Did you achieve all that you... Read more continue reading

FPA announces impending Money & Life website launch

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The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has announced it will soon launch Money & Life, an online destination designed to help Australians improve their financial wellbeing. The site will... Read more continue reading

Investors focus on state polling as U.S. election nears

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With less than a week to go until the U.S. presidential election, investor anxiety about tomorrow’s outcome is running high, as evidenced by the recent move in risk assets. So... Read more continue reading

FPA’s Dare to Dream Campaign – inspiring Australia to dream! (Part 3)

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As part of the recent 16th Financial Planning Week the FPA have assembled some resources about the importance of financial independence, and the benefits of a financial plan for all... Read more continue reading

The money or the time?

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According to IOOF, time and money are both valuable commodities. Financial advice, however, has traditionally considered money, such as investment returns above a benchmark, as the measure of the value... Read more continue reading

US overtakes Australia to build biggest homes

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CommSec Home Size Trends Report Australia had been building the biggest homes in the world. But based on data commissioned by CommSec from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia has... Read more continue reading

New rules about identifying clients involved in property transactions

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From 1 May 2016 a new set of rules came into place in various States about client identification for the purposes of registration of property dealings. The transitional period ended... Read more continue reading

FPA’s Dare to Dream Campaign – inspiring Australia to dream! (Part 2)

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As part of the recent 16th Financial Planning Week the FPA have assembled some resources about the importance of financial independence, and the benefits of a financial plan for all... Read more continue reading