Last night’s budget was notable for its lack of major superannuation meddling for once. So, in the absence of any truly significant changes, we’ve pulled out the key points for you to consider. Pensioners Older Australians who lost their pensioner concession card by the pension assets test change introduced this year – you will be […]
Economic Overview Global policy makers expressed a cautious welcome for continuing signs of improving activity during the March quarter. The Reserve Bank of Australia noted a pick-up in global trade and industrial production, alongside a tightening of labour markets. In the US, economic data continued to be supportive. Non-farm payrolls were robust and activity indicators […]
FYG Planners would like to congratulate IRESS for their XPLAN software being named the number one Australian financial planning software by research house Investment Trends for the tenth consecutive year. XPLAN has been FYG Planners’ preferred advice and wealth management platform for over a decade, with FYG investing significantly into a developing a highly customised version of XPLAN for the advisers at our AFSL. […]
Good news came last week in the form of another miracle anti-aging cure. Sadly, the buzz kills at ABC’s Media Watch were quickly on the case. Reminding us it was just another “years away, only tested on mice, not yet even applicable to humans” story that had been pumped up by excitable journalists. Moving on […]
Feeling a little too comfortable? Without a correction, the tired media headline of “X billions wiped off the sharemarket today” has been on hiatus so far this year. In its absence, there has been continued pontification about the overvaluation of shares, hinting about our closeness to a correction, and which of President Trump’s tweets might […]