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If you want to remove the wall between your kitchen and your living room, you’ll probably hire a professional to ensure you’re not taking out any load-bearing beams. Why? Because one mistake could compromise the structural integrity of your home, leaving ...

From stocks and bonds to real estate and business ventures, there are so many paths you could take as you invest for the future and build your wealth. By most estimates, there are over 630,000 companies in the world with publicly traded stock. This ...

A successful retirement plan doesn’t happen by accident. Just as physically healthy people can trace their success to good eating and exercise, people who retire in a healthy financial situation can attribute their success to a strategic retirement plan ...

Family office structures make it possible for families to “professionalise” their money management and wealth creation. They offer professional third-party insight designed to protect and preserve family wealth into the future, while meeting goals and ...

Paying off your mortgage faster can open up a world of financial options for you. Without a monthly mortgage payment, you may have more discretionary income, a smaller debt burden and increased freedom to realise your financial goals. Some people pay off ...

Applying for finance can seem intimidating and complicated. Of course, once you engage Altus Financial, we can help you through every stage of the process, so you can get approval sooner.  In this post, we walk through eight key steps in the home loan ...

It’s now been 10 years since the depths of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). An increase in money supply through Quantitative Easing has led to valuations in most asset class now beginning to look stretched. For those that have been brave enough to ...

If aged care finances fill you with confusion and worry, you’re not alone. With strange terms like DAP and RAD and different categories of costs and fees, aged care can seem more like a puzzle to decipher than a milestone to plan for. In this post, we’ve ...