It's Financial Planning Week! "Live your Dream" is the FPA's theme for 2017. New research links living your dream life with financial planning. Australians who are living their dream are planners - they believe in their ability to create the life they want and they are not afraid to ask for help or seek advice!
on Thursday, 24 August 2017.
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In taking the nation's collective pulse on financial related behaviours and beliefs, the FPA Live the Dream report has uncovered some fascinating insights into how Aussies are living out their dreams and what it takes to succeed.
on Monday, 21 August 2017.
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To be a successful investor over the long term, we believe it is critical to understand, and hopefully overcome, common human cognitive or psychological biases that often lead to poor decisions and investment mistakes.
The first five biases of confirmation, information, loss aversion, incentive-caused, and oversimplification tendency were discussed in part one posted on the 15th of June 2017.
on Thursday, 27 July 2017.
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Recent studies are showing that taking time for silence restores the nervous system, helps sustain energy, and conditions our minds to be more adaptive and responsive to the complex environments in which so many of us now live, work, and lead.
on Thursday, 20 July 2017.
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The past decade has seen an explosion in economic research designed to uncover what truly makes us happy. While scientists attach electrodes to measure pleasure and pain, economists conduct their research with statistics and surveys.
on Friday, 14 July 2017.
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Is your present self aligned with your future self? Although, this question may seem a little philosophical, it’s an important one to consider, as it may prompt you to evaluate whether you are engaged with not only your existing financial situation, but also your proposed financial situation in the future and the relationship between the two.
on Wednesday, 12 July 2017.
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To be a successful investor over the long term, we believe it is critical to understand, and hopefully overcome, common human cognitive or psychological biases that often lead to poor decisions and investment mistakes.
on Thursday, 15 June 2017.
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Imagine spending a lifetime acquiring habits that offer the promise of a longer, happier and more fulfilling life. Then imagine that to have that fulfilling life, you suddenly must abandon all those habits.
on Monday, 15 May 2017.
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Soaring property prices, the new pension rules and the desire to lead an active, comfortable retirement are driving demand for equity release solutions.
on Thursday, 30 March 2017.
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Another interesting article highlighting the choice that is now being offered under the new 'Home Care' regime which commenced on 27th February 2017.
on Wednesday, 15 March 2017.
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As you are aware, a number of changes to the superannuation system are coming down the line from 1 July 2017. It's important to discuss how these changes will affect your personal situation with an experienced Financial Planner.
on Thursday, 02 March 2017.
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Last year, more than 1.3 million Australians received aged care; about 82 per cent of those people received aged care at home. Many people find this statistic shocking, because the words "aged care" are often linked to "nursing home" in their heads.
on Thursday, 16 February 2017.
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A sure sign of a good financial planner is that they don’t rush you, carefully listen to you and clearly explain where they can add value, and where they can’t.
on Thursday, 09 February 2017.
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The ASFA Retirement Standard benchmarks the annual budget needed by Australians to fund either a comfortable or modest standard of living in the post-work years. It is updated quarterly to reflect inflation, and provides detailed budgets of what singles and couples would need to spend to support their chosen lifestyle.
on Monday, 16 January 2017.
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The concept of retirement, as we understand it today, is completely outdated.
Today, the archaic notion of retirement has morphed into this: Work for 40-50 years. Then, have a party, get a gold watch, go to the beach, sit down in a reclining chair with an umbrella drink and get ready for an exciting 20 or so years of golf.
There's much more to it than this.
on Thursday, 15 December 2016.
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