By Gilda Brisotto For years, businesses have been using benchmarking tools to assist them to assess the performance of their business against others in their industry and now the Tax Office are using...

By Chelsea Brunckhorst With technology being enhanced every day the risk of scams is also on the rise via phone, mail, online and face-to-face. It is likely that almost everyone has been a target of ...

by Dan Cuthbert It doesn’t matter how much you earn or how regular your income is: if you’re self-employed, that’s one more hoop you will need to jump through when applying for a home loan. That’s no...

By Brad Nightingale “Should we diversify our residential property portfolio?” It is a question that regularly comes up and like many areas of property investment, there is no right or wrong answer. M...

By Mark Silvester The Government has recently made further amendments to the superannuation Regulations as a result of the Stronger Super reforms that were announced in December 2010. One of these t...

By Craig Uys A recent survey conducted for the Financial Services Council by Rice Walker found that only 4% of those with dependants have sufficient life insurance1. This has the potential to greatly...

By Simon Newman As one of our top areas for property investment nationally, we thought we would outline the reasons why Toowoomba is seen as an area with great potential for property investors in the...

By Scott Patterson Dancing in the Rain The impacts of the global financial crises and turbulent economic markets have now been with us since early 2008. That is, since early 2008 we have seen equity...

Spring 2012 For the six months between 1 January 2012 and 30 June 2012, the Wealth Experience Charitable Trust has been raising funds to support its chosen charities - Toowoomba Hospice, Granite Belt...

By Dan Cuthbert In this issue, we thought we would answer every home buyer’s questions as to time frame and conditions that must be met for relevant grants from the Office of State Revenue.This inf...

By Gilda Brisotto The Australian Taxation Office have warned that they are reviewing investment arrangements. There are two that they are especially concerned about: Investment Loan Interest Payment...

By Scott Patterson What are value optimisation factors? Value optimisation is all about growing business value. Value optimisation factors are issues within the business that can be planned for and a...

By Simon Newman One of the most important things to know about our property portfolio is the gearing level. Knowing this can provide us with an indication of our exposure to market movements, our ove...

Did you know that over half of the domestic waste going to landfill is compostable? Backyard composting of certain food scraps and yard trimmings can significantly reduce the amount of waste going to ...

By Boh Burima Technical analysis is arguably the oldest tool used to help analyse the market. Its history originates back to Charles H. Dow in the Wall Street Journal between 1900 and 1902. However e...

Make sure you always repair leaky plumbing fixtures, such as taps and toilets. A dripping tap can waste 30 – 200 litres of water a day, while a continuously dribbling tap can waste up to 600 litres pe...

Autumn 2012 New Faces Recently, we have had several additions to our Wealth Experience team. Louise Bonsey is based in our Roma office, working as an administration officer and receptionist. Boh Bu...

By Paul Hilton Things are better than what you read! We approach another end to a financial year that really is not much different to last year in regards to uncertainty in world economies. However,...