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FYG Planners notes the recent comments in IFA “Are One Man Bands Going Extinct” 10 Feb, 2021. In contrast to the comments made regarding the viability of single adviser practices, this is not, and has not been the experience FYG Planners have had with single adviser practices. FYG Planners Managing Director, Peter Mancell suggests that […]

Economic Overview 2020 will be a year of note in the history books. The problems started pre Q1 when spring 2019 bushfires seemed to rage endlessly in parts of Australia, extending into Q1 and contributing to one of the country’s worst bushfire seasons on record. Hot on the heels of the bushfires, the COVID-19 pandemic […]

Iress today announced FYG had adopted its data analytics software, Lumen, to automate and streamline compliance monitoring. FYG is a privately owned network with over 70 advisers located across Australia. The implementation of Lumen, integrated with Xplan, will support its advisers by proactively scanning for key risks such as non-compliance with ongoing service and FDS […]

FYG Planners would like to congratulate David Rae of Federation Financial Services for being included in the FS Power50. This list is made up of the 50 most influential financial advisers in the country according to the readers of Financial Standard and FS Advice – The Australian Journal of Financial Planning. In the making of […]

Economic Overview As to be expected, the ongoing and dominant economic and market theme remains COVID-19. More so than ever, with COVID present no quarter will be quite like the previous. While Q1 was one of steep decline and pain, Q2 was sharp recovery and euphoria, while in Q3 markets took a slightly more subdued, […]