If you haven’t heard of Spaceship Super yet, you probably aren’t part of the target demographic – young and naïve. Spaceship is the latest entrant into Australia’s superannuation space and it’s targeting young investors with a marketing campaign suggesting they should “invest where the world is going, not where it’s been”. The key idea behind […]
Has the Nant investment debacle got you wondering about how an investor gets themselves involved in such a mess? We’ve got a few pointers specific to Nant, but they could very well conspire at any time with any ‘investment opportunity’. One of the first reasons is investment frustration. Markets are unpredictable and their behaviour can […]
FYG Planners would like to congratulate Fowlers Group of Cairns and Mancell Financial Group of Burnie, for their contributions to the formation of the Global Association of Independent Advisers (GAIA). GAIA was formed in 2014 to bring together an international network of privately owned, investment advisory firms who have an overriding commitment to fiduciary excellence and always put their clients’ interests first. […]
FYG Planners would like to congratulate Peter Gehlert of Hart Wealth Management on advancing financial literacy at his former high school. Peter was recently featured in Independent Financial Adviser magazine discussing the outcomes from his financial literacy program at Concordia College, Adelaide. After the program there was a increased interest by the students in economics and […]
It’s whiskey time again and for some investors across Australia the taste of this story is going to burn. Previously we’ve noted the issues investors have had with Nant Whiskey and the follow up endeavour, Nant Angus. The lure was a 9.55% return “guaranteed” which was enough to get some investors to say “take my […]