 Alex Wernbacher Senior Financial Advisor, Focus Wealth Advisers Pty Ltd (at time of writing)
ALEX WERNBACHER | FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017 It's been a difficult year for my 82-year-old widowed Dad. He had a strong heart, perfect blood pressure, complete mental capacity but a troublesome skeletal frame. In February this year, he collapsed out of bed and was unable to walk, even a little ... Read more ALEX WERNBACHER | TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014 What a daunting prospect it must be for anyone for whom moving a loved one to residential aged care looms on the horizon. There's the guilt, the logistics... and the financial side. Read more ALEX WERNBACHER | SATURDAY, 10 JAN 2009 Alex Denham is a well known technical analyst at Challenger. This paper describes what options small fund trustees have when the complying pension they have been paying is not able to get actuarial sign-off as being financially viable. She particularly ... Read more PAGE: 1 |
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