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It’s been a few weeks of recollection. A decade on since the anniversary of Lehman Brothers collapsing and one of the touchstone moments of the ordeal is being not so fondly remembered. No one really knew if it was the beginning of the end, an ongoing crisis or not far from a recovery. History shows […]

Believing The Worst Has a Cost

September 8, 2018

What’s the most contentious thing you can think of? Likely it’s something to do with politics. It manages to infect and infiltrate various areas of areas of life, and when people become obsessed with politics, it can begin to play into their decision making. You could say an extension of politics is a person’s view […]

Look around today and you’ll find an asset manager or fund catering to pretty much any area of the financial world you can think of. One of the bigger ones in the resources corner is Sprott Resource Holdings and one of the best-known names at the company is Rick Rule. Rule serves as Sprott’s Senior […]

FYG Planners are pleased to announce Finesse Financial Advisers of Western Sydney have joined FYG’s privately owned financial services licensee. Finesse Financial Advisers is a privately owned financial planning practice operated by Genene Wilson. Genene sees her role as facilitator, educator, mentor and financial coach. Throughout her career Genene has worked with many families and enjoys making a difference […]

What Is Balanced?

August 18, 2018

Last month we noted a case of comparison gone wrong within Australia’s largest superfund, Australian super. An advocate of active investing had lined up the performance of Australian Super’s actively managed balanced fund and compared it to Australian Super’s lower cost indexed diversified fund to make the case that active management is the true gold […]