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The Value of a Financial Adviser
Ian Hamilton has worked in the NSW Hunter Valley for 20 year with his own advice business in Singleton called Hamilton Insurance and...
Amanda Varidel
May 22, 20152 min read


Life Insurance lacking in those with most to lose
Research shows a dramatic difference between the number of Australians who rate the importance of life insurance and the number who have...
Amanda Varidel
May 22, 20153 min read


5 Top Reasons for Income Protection Insurance
Australia is one of the most under-insured countries in the developed world. Our "She'll be right" attitude means more than 85% of us...
Amanda Varidel
May 21, 20151 min read


Money: Men v Women
More women know less about investing on average than men, posing a risk for their retirement, new research has suggested. Women have on...
Amanda Varidel
May 19, 20152 min read


US Employment
Job numbers rebounded in April according to figures out this morning and the US unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in seven years...
Amanda Varidel
May 14, 20151 min read


Why Australia is the ultimate first world nation
Credit rating downgrade warning reminds us things could be a lot, lot worse. Last Wednesday, global investment bank Goldman Sachs warned...
Amanda Varidel
May 13, 20153 min read


12 reasons Debtor finance is Australia's most versatile business funding solution
Businesses are faced with a wide variety of situations as they move through the start-up, growth and maturity stages of their life cycle,...
Amanda Varidel
May 12, 20154 min read


Exercise: what you actually need to do
The magic formula for heart, muscle and bone health seems to be 2/60, 30/5 and 2/7. More than half of Aussies don't meet the minimum. An...
Amanda Varidel
May 8, 20152 min read


When the RBA gets it all wrong!
The article on the front page of the Australian Financial Review from this morning said it all. $40 Billion lost off the share market on...
Amanda Varidel
May 7, 20151 min read


Critical Illness: Lucas's story
Critical Illness, cancer $50,000 Who is Lucas? Lucas is nine and lives at home with his mum and dad, Emma and Patrick. What happened to...
Amanda Varidel
Apr 30, 20151 min read


Repayment History now appearing on Credit Files
The day was coming, and has now arrived. In March 2014, the new credit reporting regime began in earnest in Australia and we were told...
Amanda Varidel
Apr 24, 20152 min read


Estate Planning
The main reason you need to plan your estate is to make sure your money and assets are inherited by the people you want to receive them....
Amanda Varidel
Apr 17, 20152 min read


Blood Pressure and Hypertension
With thanks to our colleagues at Unified Healthcare Group, this article takes a look at blood pressure and hypertension – hypertension...
Amanda Varidel
Apr 16, 20154 min read


Making the most of your redundancy
If you are leaving your employer due to redundancy, you have a great opportunity to make a fresh start. Now could be the best time for...
Amanda Varidel
Apr 11, 20155 min read


Unclaimed Superannuation
Australians are missing out on billions of dollars on unclaimed superannuation. Billions of dollars on Unclaimed Superannuation. There is...
Amanda Varidel
Apr 10, 20152 min read


Cost of childcare
We take a look at how a new report on childcare could make your life cheaper … or more expensive. A big overhaul of childcare policy may...
Amanda Varidel
Apr 8, 20153 min read


Preservation Age Increasing
Whilst we have known for a number of years that the superannuation preservation age is due to increase to age 60, the change is finally...
Amanda Varidel
Apr 7, 20152 min read
Homeowners owe banks $1.3 trillion
Australians owe banks more than a thousand billion dollars on home loans. A thousand thousand thousand thousand dollars. Or as it’s more...
Amanda Varidel
Apr 1, 20153 min read


How our incomes compare to the rest of the world
Good news: Australians have high incomes. Bad news: it costs a lot to live here and research shows we are not happy about it. Almost...
Amanda Varidel
Mar 30, 20152 min read


BPAY: The Revelation on Fees
BPAY is one of the great time-saving innovations of modern banking, but most of our clients mistakenly believe it’s always a free...
Amanda Varidel
Mar 25, 20152 min read
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