Thoughts on money, from a Financial Planner in Perth
“When the system calls itself balanced, check who built the scales.” When is ‘Balanced’.. balanced? If you’re a member of a balanced super fund, this is a moment to ask what that really means in practical terms. “Balanced” super fund members will soon be finding out just how ‘balanced’ their fund is—or is not. I’m … Read more
In my role as a financial planner i am often asked questions about the retiring age in Australia. There is no simple answer – the age differs according to where your focus is – superannuation, tax or government age pension income support. Here’s a quick look at different versions of the retiring age in Australia.
How much money do i need to retire? This is one of the more common financial planning questions. However, the answer requires some digging into ideas and concepts that many people haven’t really sat down to think about before. A good starting point ti to look at the amount of income you need to live … Read more
How should your mix of assets change as you approach retirement? Should that mix change at all? What can history tell us about such ideas?
Financial planning is in a difficult period at the moment, with many people questioning the value of advice given and the point of following long term plans.
Which is the best super fund, and how will you decide between the thousands of options on offer?
Australian’s are currently faced with a range of difficult global factors that bring uncertainty and fear into visions of the future. How do you plan in times such as these? Firstly, by ignoring the vast bulk of the material presented as news and getting back to working out what makes you happy, what will make you happy in the future, and how much you are prepared to do to make these things happen.
When faced with the prospects of retirement, and in deciding on how to best live the non-working life, one of the more popular choices recently has been to opt for what has been termed a “Sea Change”. In the case of one of our clients, the phrase has taken on a new meaning – as in, … Read more
It’s interesting to read notes and articles and research that shows Australia’s pensioners “sitting on a time bomb” or that there is a shortfall in retirement savings of hundreds of billions of dollars. For what it is worth, the bulk of these appear to be a beat-up. For the morosely disinterested or even the remotely … Read more
Just what constitutes “personal financial advice”? We here in Wealth & Security Planners have noticed a marked increase in the number of people who are looking at various forms of money market news as “advice”. It is a development that has both good and bad aspects to it. This post is a quick look at … Read more