by John McWey | Dec 11, 2024
When building wealth for retirement, we often focus solely on the price tag of investments. However, many overlook a crucial insight that the true cost of owning assets extends far beyond the initial purchase price. Sound financial planning involves accumulating...
by John McWey | Nov 1, 2024
For many years, the role of a financial adviser was limited to providing access to financial products, often acting more as an order-taker than an advice-giver. However, in an era where financial information is at our fingertips and financial products are readily...
by John McWey | May 15, 2024
Getting Organised The first step in the financial planning process is gathering all the information needed to make financial decisions. Because this can take valuable time, people are often tempted to jump straight to the decision. This usually leads to suboptimal...
by John McWey | Dec 30, 2023
We know the main driver of growing our wealth over the medium to long term – owning stakes in all the great companies of the world via low-cost investment funds. This remains unchanged for 2024 as it did in 2023, and as it always will. It’s the core of our investment...
by John McWey | Dec 10, 2023
The UN Conference on Climate Change (COP 28) took place this year in the UAE. Many participants in the finance industry launched a host of products with great fanfare under the ESG banner – Environmental, Social & Corporate Governance. But beyond the gloss...
by John McWey | Aug 2, 2023
We may not think about it often, but most of the products we consume in a typical day are produced and sold by companies that we own in our investment funds. A Regular Day For example, we might start the day using Palmolive shower gel and Head & Shoulders...
