If you're planning to step away from a high-end job you'll need to have a sound strategy...
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Nerida Cole, 13 August 2015, The Sydney Morning Herald
Given the uncertainties surrounding government policies and future investment returns, there's understandable confusion concerning the best financial planning options...
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Daryl Dixon, 26 July 2015, The Canberra Times
For years, Australians have paid for their life insurance advice through up-front commissions paid to a financial adviser by the insurance provider...
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Nerida Cole, 30 June 2015, The Age
Recent publicity about the plight of hundreds of managed investment scheme investors faced with losing their houses to pay off debts provides a timely warning to all geared investors...
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Daryl Dixon, 24 November 2014, The Canberra Times
Not unexpectedly, speculation arising from the Murray Financial System Inquiry about substantial increases in the capital reserve requirements for our banks has unsettled both domestic and overseas share investors...
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Daryl Dixon, 17 November 2014, The Canberra Times
In building family wealth there are several long-established initiatives investors can take to find success. There are also some pathways that would make a lot of sense but just now our investment regulations block the way. Today I want to look at a range of ideas...
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Daryl Dixon, 3 November 2014, The Australian (subscription required)
The ongoing negative gearing policy debate mirrors the situation of Henry Lawson’s and Slim Dusty’s Middleton’s Rouseabout who ends up owning the station because he has no ideas. Hopefully the next Treasury leader will switch the debate to real budget crisis issues...
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Daryl Dixon, 20 October 2014, The Australian (subscription required)
Long gone are the days when senior bureaucrats made and kept their decisions behind closed doors. Now we have jawboning and public attempts to influence commercial and investment decisions. Judging from recent statements...
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Daryl Dixon, 7 October 2014, The Canberra Times
Since its inception in May 2006, the Future Fund, set up to help finance unfunded superannuation liabilities, has increased by 6.8 per cent a year and now stands at more than $97 billion
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Daryl Dixon, 5 June 2014, The Canberra Times
Since its inception in May 2006, the Future Fund, set up to help finance unfunded superannuation liabilities, has increased by 6.8 per cent a year and now stands at more than $97 billion...
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Daryl Dixon, 1 June 2014, The Canberra Times
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