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FYG Planners are pleased to announce Spencer Private Wealth from Sydney have joined our privately owned financial advice licensee. Spencer Private Wealth is a boutique financial planning practice that is owned and operated by Gary Spencer. Gary established Spencer Private Wealth with the vision of helping individuals, families and business owners achieve their lifestyle goals and improve their […]

Peter Mancell Education is a wonderful thing. Many of us strive to attain higher education to improve ourselves, raise our prospects in life, help others or pursue an important cause. However, it’s not the be all and end all. As C.S. Lewis once said, “education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to […]

Peter Mancell If you’re looking for truly unvarnished opinions on life’s issues go and visit an internet forum. Recently I visited the financial section of one of Australia’s largest web forums. In the aftermath of the most recent scandal to rock the financial services industry it made for sobering reading. Again the industry was suffering […]

Peter Mancell As of July 31, the current ASX bull market had been running for 784 days. Volatility had almost subsided and that twitch most people developed during the GFC had finally disappeared. Consistent good market returns had made some people excited. Other people started becoming extremely nervous. Normally advisers will spend time stressing the […]