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How can we save and start a family when money is tight?
Are you feeling the pinch of increasing mortgage payments and monthly bills, but want to start a family in the next couple of years? And thinking how can you and your partner manage this when you feel like you have less and less money to save each month? At Catapult...
Goal Setting for the new year
Goal setting is a critical aspect of achieving success, no matter your age or stage in life. As a young adult, it's important to start thinking about your future and setting goals that will help you build the life you want. The start of a new year is the perfect time...
Federal Budget October 2022
A Responsible Reasonable and Targeted Budget. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has handed down his first budget – one that is set in the midst of a pandemic, natural disasters, global volatility, and a rising cost of living. The challenges facing Australia and growing – are...
The challenges of Retirement
We’ve all dreamt about the day we can finally retire from the workforce. However, have you ever stopped to think about what it would really be like? What you would do every day? How you would structure your time? As financial advisers, we spend so much of our time...
3 ways to start investing conversations with your kids
Conversations about investing to build long-term wealth can be a useful vehicle to teach some fundamentals, such as the importance of diversification, the magic of compounding interest and why you should only ever invest what you can afford to lose. But often starting...
The Rising of Interest Rates
Just last month, Mortgage holders in Australia faced the unwelcome, but not completely unexpected news, that they will be paying more, with the central bank lifting the official cash interest rate for the first time since 2010. We have included a summary of the recent...