New Zealand has remained prosperous for more than a decade if you're judging based on recessions, but it hasn't happened without creating wealth divisions. The property ladder issue has led to some parents feeling the need to help the kids reach the first rung. What are the issues?
True value creates true wealth
Finding the best place to put your investments and KiwiSaver can be tricky, but you don't have to do it alone. A financial adviser can help build a portfolio based on your risk appetite and goals. An adviser with a fiduciary duty will have tools to assess how much risk you are happy to take and develop a plan to reach certain milestones in your life.
Get ready for Life Two
If ever there was a word that needed to be retired it is retirement. What kind of mental picture does this word invoke up for you? Is it sunny beaches and no longer having to set an alarm clock? Or a stressful feeling about how much longer you will need to work to afford such a lifestyle?
Investing in fashionable technologies
Ever stopped to wonder why you’re using a particular new word or phrase? Or maybe you’re sitting in the back of some strange person’s Toyota, they’re driving you to some strange person’s house where you’re staying the night in their guest bedroom. How did that happen?
Financial & mental wellbeing go hand-in-hand
As a society, we are finally beginning to have more honest and supportive public conversations about mental health, but too often the connection between mental health and money hasn’t been recognised.