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Finance
Articles covering Travel Insurance, Life Insurance, Funeral Insurance, Savings, Investment, Superannuation, Life after work. Wills, asset protection and Trusts.
Never Too Late to Change Career
Back in time, you had one career and you stuck with it for life, unless disaster struck and forced a change. How things have changed!
Under the Spotlight: Reasons to Form a Trust
If you've learnt a bit about Trusts and you're not sure if you should form one, have a read through these top five reasons to form a trust. This will help you decide if it is for you.
Residential Property Investment – Before & After
An investor (we'll call him Bill) bought a house 20 years ago for $200,000 with deposit of $25,000 and rented the house out.
Ivan the Investor’s Dilemna
Ivan is a typical Kiwi do-it-yourself investor who believes that you can choose superior investments.
FMA Worried About the Auckland Property Bubble
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) was established in little over a year ago, and their main objective is to promote and facilitate the development of fair, efficient and transparent financial markets.
Under the Spotlight: An Introduction to Trusts
Although Family Trusts have become popular recently they have been with us in one form or another for more than Four Hundred years. Their basic nature remains much the same but their role has evolved to meet the needs of each generation.
Under the Spotlight: Reviewing Trusts
10 years ago no one seemed very interested in whether Trusts were compliant or not, but since then a number of things have happened which put Trusts very much under the spotlight.
Frugal Housing
Hardly a day goes by without housing affordability appearing as a headline on the news. While many believe owning their own home is the height of financial success, the down-to-earth reality is that many homeowners simply end up renting money rather than
The Good Life
This week we are paying an oily rag tribute to Richard Briers, who passed away recently, aged 79.





