In the Media
Written for The Australian Newspaper – SMSF trust deeds need review as July 1 looms
Written for The Australian Newspaper – Property guarantees: parents can get kids into that first home
In this article I write about the difficulties that people face trying to purchase their first home in capital cities around Australia due to high house prices.
Doing the financial planning for people in Sydney, over the years I've noticed that most people can...
Published in The Australian Newspaper – Advisor Fees
I wrote this article reviewing the different fee models in the financial advisory industry. I interviewed financial advisors who charged under fixed fees, asset based fees and hourly fees. Here at FinancialAdvisor.com.au we charge under asset based fees, however there are pro's and con's in each fee model...
Our article in The Australian – Education’s $500,000 Challenge
Written for The Australian Newspaper – The bank of mum and dad
Written for The Australian Newspaper – The deal with developers
I thought it would be interesting to explore a few different matters that investors should watch out for in a heated property market. In this article I wrote about the different ways that you can provide a deposit for a brand new property and which methods are riskier...
Quoted in The Australian – Trustees clear for property plunge
Journalist Andrew Main contacted me for comment on the Government's rejection of the Financial System Inquiry recommendation to ban borrowing money in super to buy property. I had interviewed Louis Christopher, Managing Director of SQM Research just a few weeks prior to this and Louis mentioned that self...
Written for The Australian Newspaper – Reasons for a self-managed fund
I wrote this article on how much money is required to setup a self managed super fund and some of the main reasons why people would start one. General consensus was that around $250,000 was the minimum however people with less money could definitely consider setting up funds,...
Published in the Australian – Advice crucial for super maze
I wrote an article which was published in the weekend edition of The Australian newspaper on different superannuation options. Self managed super funds now represent the biggest segment in the superannuation industry holding more money than retail and industry funds. The attraction for many of my Sydney Financial...
Quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald – They’re not sponging, they’re saving
The journalist Sylvia Pennington was writing about the difficulty for people in their 20's to purchase property compared to 10-20 years ago. I provided comment noting that these days with median house prices over $1,000,000 in many suburbs in Sydney, from a financial planning perspective, it is very...