If you’re a fan of confusion and violence and have a spare four hours up your sleeve one day, you may want to sit down to watch a game of American football. For an Australian it might be somewhat of an acquired taste, but the NFL season starts again soon in the US, if you’re […]
From the 6th to 8th of August 2018, we held our semi-annual conference in Cairns at The Shangri-La Hotel. Bob Fowler opened the conference, welcoming several first time conference attendees, some prospective advisers and a large number of existing FYG Planners conference faces. Attending for the first time were Mark Baldwin of Baldwin Financial Services and Mandy Mellor […]
No doubt you’ve heard the news. Two of Australia’s oldest media companies are merging. Nine and Fairfax have decided for the sake of their futures to combine, or as some have said Nine will be swallowing Fairfax. There are implications for the media in Australia and the announcement provoked many reactions in the last week. […]
“But I want it, I want it, I need it!” Paul had gone to visit his sister and his nephew. He’d walked into a financial battle between Mother and 11-year-old son over the game Fortnite. You might say she had a fiduciary duty to the young lad in moments of madness, but he wasn’t having […]
Economic Overview Global economic data proved resilient during Q2 though it was offset by renewed geopolitical tensions. Equity markets were volatile, but mostly positive, while the potential for a trade war between the US and China turned into a reality, while the Trump administration withdrawing from the Iran nuclear accord contributed to higher energy prices. […]