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 […]
Darren on 2UE with David Koch
If you missed it on the weekend, Darren was a guest speaker on David Koch’s Your Money & Your Life radio show on Saturday 1 July 2017. Darren discussed the difficult topic of being ‘suddenly single‘, something which every one of us will have to face at some stage in our lives. You can listen to […]
2017 Budget Wrap-Up Key Points
Following on from Darren’s video on the 2017 Budget Wrap-Up Key Points, we have provided a summary below with more information on each of the points Darren spoke about. Note: These changes are proposals only and may or may not be made law Superannuation Contributions from downsizing the home Date of effect: 1 July 2018 Individuals […]