Showing 31 to 40 of 74 articles: WILL MOLONEY | WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019 Helping clients with their estate planning needs is a vital aspect of the financial planning process with superannuation being an important component of the plan. The 2017 super reforms were wide ranging with quite a number of changes affecting superannuation ... Read more YVONNE CHU | FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018 A lump sum superannuation death benefit paid to someone who is not a death benefits dependant for tax purposes can be subject to significant tax (refer to Table 1 for details). In contrast, lump sum death benefits paid to someone who does qualify as ... Read more STUART SHEARY | FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018 For employees who do not have enough money saved to buy a car outright there are a number of options. They can finance the purchase through a private loan, private car lease or via a novated car lease agreement. Read more YVONNE CHU | FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017 WHAT'S CHANGED? Read more RAHUL SINGH | FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017 1 July 2017 heralds the start of a new set of rules relating to superannuation. A number of changes affect payment of a superannuation death benefit, requiring a change of thinking. Read more ANN HERRMANN-NEHDI | FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017 In today's world it's increasingly challenging to grow top-line revenue, win new business, maintain client loyalty and retain top sales talent. The organisations that can successfully align the skills of their sales professionals with current ... Read more EMMA RAPAPORT | FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017 After years of public scandals, special investigations, and allegations of sub-par qualification standards, negotiations between Canberra and a 23,000 strong financial adviser industry have come to a head in the form of the professional standards le ... Read more BRIE WILLIAMS | FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017 Women have quickly moved in to the role of influential investor. In the US alone, they now control $11 trillion in investable assets, and their long-term perspective tends to result in better risk and cost-adjusted returns. The investment industry has ... Read more CHRIS DEVES | FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017 The ever-changing consumption pattern of real estate, juxtaposed against its status as perpetual imperative for a functioning society, presents an interesting dynamic - and is precisely that which offers a wide range of opportunities for long term i ... Read more BRYCE FIGOT | FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017 This article will address the problems that can arise in using alternate directors in an SMSF succession planning context and suggest a possible solution. As with all succession planning discussions, SMSF succession planning being no different, people ... Read more |
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Passing the baton
LIAM ROCHE
ADVICE ASSOCIATE
EUREKA WHITTAKER MACNAUGHT PTY LTD
ADVICE ASSOCIATE
EUREKA WHITTAKER MACNAUGHT PTY LTD
Liam Roche's experience in customer relationships and paraplanning has set him up for success as a financial adviser. Now undertaking the Professional Year, the advice associate at Eureka Whittaker Macnaught tells Karren Vergara how a new breed of advisers is flying the flag.