Hot off the press yesterday we have just read this following pending announcement from the Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg and wanted to get this info to you urgently. Epic timing for all crew close to or over 65 already considering taking the current QF Redundancy. There is a slim possibility that Labour may move to remove…
The Chrysalis team has done it again…..taking out the top award for National Advice Dealership of the Year. Congratulations to the entire Chrysalis team and thank you to all our wonderful partnered clients for your part in contributing to this award.
Here’s a wonderful story about the legendary Australian Cricketer Neil Marks. Neil is a new client to Chrysalis in 2018. Sydney Morning Herald – Neil Marks
October has (once again) spooked the markets in the lead up to Halloween and so we have had some interesting conversations with some clients recently around the stock market volatility and the sensationalist media headlines that inevitably follow. As your Chrysalis advice team we’re constantly paying attention to market volatility across all asset classes, including…
October 2018 Phil and Silvie joined 50,000 of their best friends today to complete a 27 km walking circuit around Sydney crossing over 7 bridges in the process. The Cancer Council does great work in funding the fight against this terrible disease.
October 2018 Hamish Douglass, Co-founder and Chief Investment Officer for Magellan and a former CIA assistant director presented to over 1000 financial advisers in Sydney about the effect that Donald Trump is having on world economics. They talked about trade wars between the US and China and the big push from China to take their…
October 2018 Phil and 4 other key stakeholders from the financial planning industry meet with 9 MPs and the Assistant Treasurer Minister Stuart Robert at Parliament house to discuss educational standards designed to make financial planning a profession equal in standing to accounting and law. Under the current set of new requirements, almost all…
The Australian Lending Journal ALAN KOHLER After the GFC, the banks stopped lending to residential property developers; after the BRC (banking royal commission) they have stopped lending to the developers’ customers — investors in new apartments. That’s an oversimplification, but not much of one. In 2009 a new industry emerged — “re-emerged” might be…
I expect you will have seen some media attention on the softening property market and bank lending by now. We expect this to continue for some years. Chrysalis would like to alert you to the fact that refinancing your loans or taking up a new loan is about to get much much harder. You may want…
Research just released reveals impending Mortgage Stress with likely further falls in property values. There are some changes coming as a result of the Royal Commission and political environment which will put pressure on your hip pocket. Many Aussie investors are not prepared for what is likely to come in the form of 30% –…
Life is not necessarily a bed of roses when you’re famous. The following is an interesting article on Aretha’s money troubles and the need for Trusted advice. We shouldn’t be going it alone! Read more here from The Age
Phil & Silvie are doing the 7 Bridges walk to raise money for the Cancer Council with the added bonus of having fun and keeping fit. We would love clients and friends to join us. Feel free to donate to this great cause via the below link. 7 Bridges Walk Information
Read the full article from the Australian Financial Review here…
The following article appeared on the Australian Financial Review Website. We thought it may be of interest… Read more of this article here…
Were you planning to buy a residential property inside your superfund? Do you know someone who is? You may need to think again! Yesterday our mortgage specialist advised they had received the following announcement from Westpac & St George with the other banks expected to follow suit shortly ……” Effective 31 July 2018 we will…
June 2018 We all love working with Jo. Congratulations to you Jo and thank you for many years doing an awesome job looking after all our wonderful clients.
Gary, Mike & Phil recently attended an invitation only event held in Sydney. Mental health and the Banking Royal Commission were the key topics covered. The Guest speaker was the very interesting and quirky 2017 Gold Logie Award winner and 2017 Victorian of the year – Sam Johnson.
Home prices in Australia’s two largest housing markets of Sydney and Melbourne are falling, and more falls are expected later in the year. So far this year, home values are down 1.9 per cent in Sydney, and 0.5 per cent in Melbourne, the latest data from property analytics group CoreLogic shows. Prices have fallen 1…
Phil attended an invitation only masterclass course in financial planning and professionalism at Cambridge University. Meetings were also held with fund managers and financial planner licensees in London to discuss ideas to deliver even greater value to clients and where the industry maybe heading in Australia based on the UK experience.
We have had a few calls/emails from clients and have been closely watching the market falls over the past 2 days and we thought you may find it helpful to hear from us re what these might mean for you. I have held a teleconference with the Chrysalis Investment Committee analysts over the issue and…
Once again a fabulous evening at the Manly Skiff Club for our annual Chrysalis Lifestyle Planning Christmas party. Thank you to all our lovely clients that attended the evening. We hope you had a great Christmas and New Year and may you all have a fantastic 2018. Watch the video from the night here…
