by Gretchen Betts | Mar 28, 2022 | Advice, Cash flow, Financial Planning, Lifestyle, Wellbeing, Women and finance
We have written often about women being at a disadvantage compared to men when it comes to lifelong financial wellbeing. In fact, they are also in a worse position than their mothers and grandmothers, simply because they are likely to live much longer and thus need...
by Gretchen Betts | Mar 7, 2022 | Financial Planning, Lifestyle, Money, Wellbeing
At Magenta we always ask about a client’s family situation and whether there is likely to be any financial support required for young children, older parents, adult children and/or other family members. It is important that we understand whether there will be any...
by Gretchen Betts | Feb 28, 2022 | Financial Planning, Wellbeing, Women and finance
Should today’s women take a different approach to planning a secure financial future to men or even to their mothers and grandmothers? At Magenta, we think the answer to this question is complex – the mechanics of financial planning will be the same for everyone, but...
by Gretchen Betts | Feb 7, 2022 | Financial Planning, Lifestyle, Wellbeing, Women and finance
Last year we launched our Green Guide and this month we’re officially launching our Financial Planning Guide for Women – just in time for International Women’s Day next month. Many of you may be thinking, why a specific guide for women, why would this be a different...
by Gretchen Betts | Jan 10, 2022 | Financial Planning, Investments, Lifestyle, Money, Wellbeing
A Habitude is a combination of habits and attitudes that reveal the ingrained thoughts, feelings and behaviours that influence our decisions and actions. We have used money habitudes over a number of years to understand our clients’ habits and feelings towards money....
by Gretchen Betts | Jan 3, 2022 | Financial Planning, Lifestyle, Magenta Team, Money, Wellbeing
2020 and 2021 were pretty hard years for many. The Pandemic robbed us of loved ones; time with loved ones; time with friends and colleagues; our work; our holidays; our hobbies and even our mental and physical health. There were some positives however – we learned...