YourShare Blog

Welcome to the YourShare Blog

YourShare is dedicated to helping the independent investor make more from their investments, superannuation, margin loans and insurances, by giving you back your share of all the fees and commissions generated by your investments and financial products.

To register with the YourShare Yearly Cash Back service, please visit www.YourShare.com.au

This site, will discuss issues relating to the financial services markets, financial planning and products, in addition to posting our own news and announcements.

Slash your fees

Julys edition of Money explains there's a fee plague hitting Australian households - Money explains how you can slash them by up to $1,500.

YourShare are proud to be mentioned as a great way to help you save fees and commissions on your financial products.

For full details of the article, please see Julys Money magazine.

Smart Investor

June's Smart Investor magazine discusses investment fees and commissions in an article titled "Hide and seek - When making new investments be aware - you may also be charged hidden fees and trails"

The article is written wonderfully succinctly and easy to understand.

"If you're getting a service for what you're paying, stick with what you are doing, YourShare founder Paul Brady says. But if you don't know you're paying fees and you don't feel you're getting service, change to us and we will stop any new contribution fees and rebate most of the trailing commission back to you."

For full article please see June's Smart Investor magazine.

Fee For Service Financial Advice

YourShare has long been an advocate of ‘fee for service financial advice’ as the best way to ensure professional and unbiased advice and avoid percentage based fees that last for the life of an investment.

If in the future you require advice, or you are uncomfortable with a financial decision, or have a financial event (retirement, inheritance, etc) we recommend you seek professional fee for service advice.

If you are having difficulty locating a fee for service adviser in your area, please contact YourShare on 1300 554 774.

A Current Affair

YourShare are proud to be listed by Money magazine as the Best Cash Back service provider for 2009. Its a real honour to be able to help all Australians make more from their existing managed funds, retail superannuation, pensions, insurance policies, margin loans, CMT's, Master trusts and Wrap accounts.....

We are also honoured to be featured on Channel Nine's A Current Affair programme. Please go to http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=796814 for the complete story.

Australian Cancer Research Foundation

YourShare are proud supporters of the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF). Please go to the the ACRF site to read more. http://www.acrf.com.au/page/company_fundraising.html.

Out of commission

A recent article by Annette Sampson highlighs the value of good advice and the risks associated with bad advice.

"The one positive outcome of the Storm debacle has been the establishment of a parliamentary inquiry which will examine, among other things, the role of financial advisers in recent collapses such as Storm and Opes Prime, the regulatory environment for these products and services and the need for any legislative or regulatory change. The terms of reference also include the role played by commissions, including the potential for conflicts of interest, the need for appropriate disclosure, and remuneration models for advisers."

For the complete story please go to http://www.businessday.com.au/business/out-of-commission-how-the-lure-of-big-fees-leads-to-bad-advice-20090327-9e5b.html

Barefoot investor

An article published today by Scott Pape - the barefoot investor outlined some simple strategies to ensure you know what you are paying for financial advice and a four step guide to finding a good planner.  

"Building a relationship with a financial planner you trust who also looks out for your best interests can be difficult......

...... Most financial planners get paid a commission from the product they sell you. Some products pay higher commissions............

Typically, commissions are made up of the following components:

• Up to 4 per cent of your investment (known as an entry fee)
• About 0.6 per cent a year of the value of your portfolio (a 'trailing' commission)
• Plus 'soft' commissions (which they are required to disclose) to pay for trips to conferences and holidays."

For full details of the article please go to: www.barefoot.com.au/investment/108-guide-to-financial-planning.html

"Bitten investors grow wary of experts"

A recent article in the Australian published the results of  survey into investor sentiment. The results were surprising;

"DISILLUSIONED with so-called market experts and downright distrustful of financial planners, investors are taking matters into their own hands."

The survey was conducted by the Crosby|Textor focus group was published last month. For full details of the article go to; http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,25017575-5001942,00.html

Eureka Report

YourShare are proud for the industry recognition of the great service we provide. A resent article published in the Eureka Report discussed YourShare and the Yearly Cash Back service.

"There's no such thing as a free lunch but a service called YourShare, which rebates fees and commissions for almost any investment, comes pretty close."

"The service, which is free to use, works with any financial product where trailing fees and commissions are paid."

For full details of the article published 12th January 2009, go to www.eurekareport.com.au.

YourShare Wins Best Cash Back Service in Australia Award

The firm that provides the best Cash Back deal, and which wins Money magazines Gold Award for the best rebate service provider in Australia is YourShare.com.au.

 

YourShare.com.au has always prided itself in offering what we believe to be the best service around and to be awarded this recognition and stamp of approval from Money Magazine is a special day.

 

Its a simple process with no associated costs or penalties. Simply download a nomination form to register your existing or new financial products with us.

 

YourShare.com.au stops you paying any further entry fees from day one, and also collects all the annual trailing fees and commissions normally paid to these unknown brokers, and every twelve months sends you a cheque of 50% to 70% of all the fees and commissions collected.

 

YourShare.com.au is a free service that does not change any of the policies, funds or accounts from the financial institutions you are currently with, we simply become the nominated broker for all of these accounts. There are no risks or penalties associated with using the service, and nothing changes other than YourShare is now your broker.

 

We even guarantee to better any other genuine rebate service to ensure that we are always the best cash back service in Australia and a referrals rewards program, to encourage satisfied clients to tell their friends how good the service is.

 

For more information, please visit www.YourShare.com.au.