by Andrew O'Neil | May 11, 2017 | financial planning
Jamie Williamson in the May 1st 2017 Edition of Financial Standard referenced research from the Comm Bank SMSF Report that the Need for SMSF specialist advisers is growing. The research broke the SMSF investors/trustees into 4 sectors The Outsourcer was one sector at...
by Andrew O'Neil | Apr 28, 2016 | financial planning
A lot of people ask themselves Why get a financial plan ? What benefit would i get ? Some good reasons include You will feel better knowing you have a track to follow and you know where you are on that track. You have confidence that your lifestyle is sustainable when...
by Andrew O'Neil | Apr 20, 2016 | financial planning
The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducted a survey in 2015 about the retirement plans of Australians. It has found that 71% of people said they intend to retire at age 65 or 66. The proportion of people that said that they would work beyond 70 has grown 4 fold. Is...
by Andrew O'Neil | Apr 19, 2016 | financial planning
I was reading an editorial in the Financial Standard April 4 2016. In a broader editorial about the UK pension system compared to Australia, editor Mark Smith referred to a report out of Japan where the aging population is a real issue and 40 years ahead of Australia....
by Andrew O'Neil | Dec 12, 2015 | financial planning
http://www.moneymanagement.com.au/news/financial-planning/canadians-see-australia%E2%80%99s-commissions-removal-fail This article by Mike Taylor in Money Management Nov 26 2015 regarding how the Canadians see Australia’s removal of commission as a fail is...