Featured in the business and finance section of the September Pittwater Life magazine, Darren is a featured financial adviser, writing about how to reach your ideal life in retirement holistically with his concept of the Money Pyramid, which is based on 20th century psychologist Abraham Maslow’s ‘Hierarchy of Needs’ pyramid. No doubt money plays an […]
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Wills Do Not Cover Superannuation If You Die | CASE STUDY: Daniel Leverton
Many people do not realise that having a Will does not cover where your superannuation will go in the event that you die. The recent tribunal ruling on the Daniel Leverton case is a wake-up call to think about the consequences of de facto declarations, which as it turns out, have as much weight as […]
Darren on SkyNews ‘Your Money Your Call’
On Thursday 24th August, Darren joined Tony Davison and Rocco Musumeci for Your Money Your Call‘s Super Thursday where the panel answered questions from live audience call-ins on retirement, tax, stock market, superannuation and financial planning. Your Money Your Call is a weekly program on Foxtel’s SkyNews where the audience has a chance to ring or email in with their questions […]
Finalists in 2017 SMSF and Accounting Awards
We have been shortlisted as finalists at the state-based 2017 SMSF & Accounting Awards hosted by SMSF Adviser, Australia’s top publication for SMSF professionals, in the following categories: Darren Johns – SMSF Adviser of the Year Align Financial – Customer Service Firm of the Year These awards recognise individuals and businesses that are making their mark […]
Why Business Owners Should Consider an SMSF – Darren chats with Kochie
If you’re a small and medium enterprise, you’ll often hear people say they don’t need to worry about putting money into super. Our principal financial adviser, Darren Johns, was on 2UE’s Talking Lifestyles with David Koch discussing the importance of having an SMSF for small business owners. Many business owners say they rely on the […]
Every Little Bit Helps Charity
Align Financial supports a number of charities, one of them being Every Little Bit Helps, a registered charity that collects toiletries, airline amenity kits and cosmetic samples and distributes these items to those in need. They pack these items into individual kits and deliver to homeless shelters, asylum seekers, victims of Domestic Violence and troubled youth […]
The Value of Money
George and his wife Bessie went to the county fair every year. This was their “big” event of the year. In fact, it was the closest thing they ever had to a vacation. And each year George would say to Bessie, “I sure would like to ride in that crop-dustin’, acrobatic airplane.” And each year […]
60 seconds with Darren
What is your role at Align Financial and when did you start? My role is to do all the things Lindsey and Julia don’t like doing. This involves everything from providing advice to providing the vacuum cleaner. Lindsey and I started Align on 3rd January 2007 (we have been around longer than the iPhone and […]
5 Unexpected Retirement Expenses
There are retirement expenses you can foresee and plan for, and then there are some that you simply can’t predict. Planning an income for retirement is no easy task and you always need to leave room for unexpected expenses that arise. Here is my list of the Top 5 Unexpected Retirement Expenses that should be […]
What Can Align Financial Do For Me?
What can a financial adviser do for me? And more specifically, what can Align Financial do for me? When you’re looking for a financial adviser, it’s hard to know exactly what they can do for you and what value they will bring to your financial circumstance. Most people think that a financial adviser simply gives […]