Some of you may have caught Darren on SkyNews for the live weekly program ‘Your Money Your Call’ on Thursday April 27th. The special ‘Super Thursday’ episode featured discussions around the 1 July 2017 contribution changes with Sam Henderson, Darren and Kate Anderson. The program featured live calls from the public with their questions on […]
Census releases ‘Claire’; the ‘typical’ Australian
Full census results from the 2016 Census will come out in June this year but the ABS have revealed the first part of the Census results a few days ago with a painted picture of who a ‘typical’ Australian is. Thank goodness because looking around, there’s so much diversity that we really needed an official […]
Property vs Shares
It’s the age old question – property vs shares, which should I invest in? Australians have a love affair with property and if we’re comparing property vs shares on an emotional basis, then property is in a different league to shares. But if it came down to a return on investment, either could win on a […]
Changes to Super Rules from 1 July 2017
Superannuation rules are changing (again), so we thought it would be helpful to prepare a summary of the key changes and look at who they might impact. Superannuation Contribution Terms Contributions Payments to your super fund by your employer, yourself or someone else. Can be made as cash or other permitted form (e.g. ASX listed […]
60 seconds with Julia
Some of you may already have met her, some of you may not. Either way, an introduction is way overdue for the newest member of our growing team at Align Financial – here’s 60 seconds with Julia! What is your role at Align Financial and when did you start? My role is Office and Communications […]