TED Talks: Lorrie Faith Cranor – What’s wrong with your pa$$word?
Lorrie Faith Cranor studied thousands of real passwords to figure out the surprising, very common mistakes that users – and secured sites – make to compromise security. And how, you may ask, did she study thousands of real passwords without comprimising the security of any users? That’s a story in itself. It’s secret data worth knowing, especially if your password is 123456…
Read MoreFive reasons to update your SMSF end of year checklist
In addition to the usual checks, this year there are new requirements that need to be considered for the end of the financial year.
Read MoreAchieve success by using ‘big data’
It’s not information by itself that helps drive performance, but how it’s used that really matters.
Read MoreMaximise your deductions to the limit for 2015
Even though everyone would be focusing on getting their records together for 2013-2014 tax year – while tax is on your mind why not familiarise yourself with the below deductions you could potentially claim in the 2014-2015 tax year!
Read MoreClient in Focus – Coastal Construction & Building
This month’s Client in Focus is Coastal Construction & Building. We talk to owner Mark Walsh, about how the building industry has changed and how his business has grown since he first started in 2007.
Read MoreTED Talks: Mariana Mazzucato – Government – Investor, risk-taker, innovator
Why doesn’t the government just get out of the way and let the private sector – the “real revolutionaries” – innovate? It’s rhetoric you hear everywhere, and Mariana Mazzucato wants to dispel it.
In an energetic talk, she shows how the state – which many see as a slow, hunkering behemoth – is really one of our most exciting risk-takers and market-shapers.
Which actor in the economy is most responsible for making radical innovation happen?
Mariana Mazzucato comes up with a surprising answer: the state.
Read MoreFive bright thinking tips for Investors
Save one-tenth of everything you earn, aside from super In the George S Clason classic, the richest man in Babylon said, that “gold cometh gladly and in increasing quantities to any man who will put by not less than one-tenth of his earnings to create an estate for his future and that of his family”. In…
Read MoreThree companies to grow your wealth
The idea that day trading is an instant way to get rich is constantly advertised to the public across the financial news media.
Read MoreNew Employer Reporting for Super Contributions
The ATO is about to introduce a new reporting requirement for employers when making super contributions for their employees. It is an attempt to help streamline and improve efficiency of the superannuation system and to provide a more consistent process for all employers.
Read MoreClient in Focus – Murray Christian, Shortland Insurance Brokers
This month’s Client in Focus is Murray Christian, Authorised Representative of Shortland Insurance Brokers.
Murray shares with us the success of his career in Insurance Broking and discusses the challenges he faces and how Robson Partners has assisted him.
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