by Lynette Murray
In wealthier countries such as Australia, 50% of the people born in 2000 will get to celebrate their 100th birthday. If you plan to retire at 60 or even 70, that’s a lot of gardening and golf! Regardless of your age, it’s never too early to start…
by Adviser Ratings
Speculation is rife as to the reason for Dover’s closure as the fallout from the shock announcement last Friday continues. The latest reports indicate Dover is calling for immediate payments of debts that it originally agreed with advisers to…
by Adviser Ratings
Adviser Ratings has been in contact with hundreds of advisers regarding the collapse of Dover Financial and acknowledges the high stress environment it has created. Our conversations indicate there has been an outpouring of support from segments of…
by Adviser ratings
Big news this week as Westpac announced it has moved to remove grandfathered payments attributable to their BT advice products. The announcement said BT would honour its contractual obligations to external financial advisers who are currently…
by John Barton, MGD Wealth
It wasn’t that long ago that most us considered religion, money, sex, politics and death pretty much off-limits when it came to polite conversation. Today, most of us talk fairly openly about most things – the exception for most of us is money!
by Robert Goudie
Jargon in any industry often confuses and confounds those who do not deal with it every day. But investing shouldn’t be a minefield of gobbledygook that stops you understanding what your money is doing. Here we’ve taken some of the more commonly…
by Adviser Ratings
The Top 20 licensees comprising advisers with a history of licensee switching and low educational levels, and the Top 20 fastest growing licensees, could be singled out as high-risk groups requiring further scrutiny. The 500 “micro” licensees…
by Darren Johns
At our current stage in life, we would like to know if we should see an advisor? Ideally we would like to have someone appropriate give our finances the once over i.e. our mortgage, insurances, superannuation, etc. to assess if we could be doing…
by Kane Jiang
Albert Einstein called compound interest the 8Th wonder of the world. The longer you engage it, the better off you will be. This is why Platinum Adviser Kane Jiang wants you to change your habits and start saving 10% of your income. Forget the…