Privately owned AFSL, FYG Planners, is pleased to announce strong growth in new firms joining the financial planning dealer group in 2016. Across the year seven new firms joined FYG Planners with another already joining in mid January 2017. Managing Director, Peter Mancell said it was a pleasing year and FYG Planners expects to see similar […]
Economic Overview The dangers of basing investment strategies on media forecasts were highlighted dramatically in 2016 as the outcome of major world events and the market reaction to them confounded pundits. The major news event was Donald Trump’s US presidential election win. The Republican outsider defeated Democrat Hilary Clinton on a platform that tapped into […]
FYG Planners are pleased to announce Blue Diamond Financial of Bella Vista in Sydney have joined our privately owned financial services licensee. Blue Diamond Financial is a boutique financial planning practice owned and operated by Martin Cossettini. Martin established Blue Diamond Financial in 2016 with the vision of helping individuals, families and business owners achieve their lifestyle goals and improve their financial position, by […]
Keeping investment costs low are a significantly important part of what your financial adviser does. The reason investment costs are important is because they drag on your investment returns. So if your financial adviser is investing your portfolio in high fee investment funds your money essentially has to work harder to overcome those fees and catch up to funds […]
Asset allocation is an important way your financial adviser provides upfront and ongoing value. Investors are rewarded for the amount of risk they take, but not every investor has the same attitude to risk. An investor’s risk tolerance can also be guided by the stage of life the investor is at. Younger investors with a longer […]