Should I pay off my mortgage or contribute to super?
One of the most popular questions we are asked by our clients is whether it’s best to pay off their mortgage first or salary sacrifice money into their super fund
March 16, 2018
Financial Planning
Be different today so you can be different tomorrow
Every generation thinks life will be different – and of course, each one is right – but when it comes to planning for the future, while we’re young we have
March 2, 2018
Making clever use of offset accounts
It’s a common misconception that mortgage offset accounts are loan products when in fact they are savings accounts sitting within a mortgage structure. If you’re not sure how mortgage offset
February 9, 2018
What is your aged care funding strategy?
When it comes to planning for retirement few of us think beyond the opportunity to travel and do all those things we’ve been putting off until we have more time
January 30, 2018
New year, new you (for more than a month…)
Did you have New Year’s resolutions last year? Can you even remember what they were? If the answers to those two questions were ‘yes’ and ‘no’, there’s a chance it’s
January 14, 2018
New Year Financial Checklist
As we move towards the end of yet another year and ponder how fast the last 12 months have come and gone, many of us find ourselves thinking about the
December 23, 2017
“Tap and go” and then what?
Talk about hammering the plastic. In May 2017 Australia’s 16.7 million credit card accounts were used to make 239 million transactions with a total value of $29.2 billion. We are
December 8, 2017
How much money do you throw away?
While the move is on to become a cashless society, notes and coins are likely to be with us for some time yet. ‘Touch and go’ payments may be increasing,
November 26, 2017
Start planning early to get what you want!
Australians are living longer. According to the World Health Organization, we enjoy the fourth best life expectancy in the world behind Japan, Switzerland and Singapore. Great news for Millennials! Your
November 17, 2017
November 10, 2017
The art of downsizing
The kids have finally left home and now you’re rattling around in a house way bigger than you need. If it’s time to think about downsizing, there’s more to it
October 19, 2017
October 12, 2017