LBW Financial Planning

LBW Financial Planning

There has been a lot of press regarding financial planning in recent months, and not much of it has been good news. With financial planning issues being addressed at CBA and also Macquarie, it is common for people to question the need for a financial planner and for...
LBW Financial Planning

Federal Budget 2014-2015

On Tuesday 13 May 2014 Joe Hockey and the Liberal party released their first budget in power. As expected the Liberals started on their pursuit of reducing the deficit created by the Labor party. Their plan is to reduce the deficit to $2.8billion by 2017/18 compared...
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Telstra Shares

Did you know Telstra listed on the ASX back in November 1997? Many clients own Telstra shares and it has been pleasing to see the share price increase in recent years. This month Telstra announced a off-market share buyback of up to $1b of Telstra shares and clients...
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SUPERSTREAM

What is SuperStream and what does it mean for me? SuperStream is a government reform aimed at improving the efficiencies in the superannuation system. Under SuperStream, employers must make super contributions by submitting data and payments electronically in...
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Ice Bucket Challenge

Several of the principals of LBW were nominated to undertake the ice bucket challenge, namely Nick Klein, Simon Flowers and Leigh Harry. So it was decided that all 3 would undertake the challenge at the firms monthly BBQ lunch in front of all the staff on 29 August...