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About Mario Isaias

Mario has specialised in corporate superannuation and financial advice for the past 25 years, after beginning his career as a Chartered Accountant. He provides advice to companies with corporate super funds and his advice spans other employee benefits including group insurances and employee wealth plans. Mario holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney, a Diploma in Superannuation Management from Macquarie University, is a Fellow of FINSIA and is a Financial Planning Specialist with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand. He provides advice to trustees and companies of large corporate super funds (including defined benefit funds). His advice also covers other employee benefits including group insurances and employee share plans. Mario has spoken at numerous industry seminars over the past 25 years with the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Mario holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney, a Diploma in Superannuation Management from Macquarie University, is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and is a financial planning specialist with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia.

Difference between a solicitor and conveyancer

Interest rate announcement - September 2017 Today the Reserve Bank of Australia met to review the official cash rate. After last cutting rates in August 2016, the RBA have again decided to leave rates on hold at 1.50% this month. Nonetheless, we have seen some lenders starting to increase their variable and fixed interest rates

What counts as ‘genuine savings’ when applying for a loan?

Interest rate announcement - August 2017 Today the Reserve Bank of Australia met to review the official cash rate. After last cutting rates in August 2016, the RBA have again decided to leave rates on hold at 1.50% this month. Nonetheless, we have seen some lenders starting to increase their variable and fixed interest rates

First home owner incentives

Interest rate announcement - July 2017 Today the Reserve Bank of Australia met to review the official cash rate. After last cutting rates in August 2016, the RBA have again decided to leave rates on hold at 1.50% this month. Nonetheless, we have seen some lenders starting to increase their variable and fixed interest rates

Mortgage Stress is on the rise in Australia

Interest rate announcement - June 2017 Today the Reserve Bank of Australia met to review the official cash rate. After last cutting rates in August 2016, the RBA have again decided to leave rates on hold at 1.50% this month. Nonetheless, we have seen some lenders starting to increase their variable and fixed interest rates

5 ways to help your kids fly the coop

Interest rate announcement - April 2017 Today the Reserve Bank of Australia met to review the official cash rate. After last cutting rates in August 2016, the RBA have again decided to leave rates on hold at 1.50% this month. Nonetheless, we have seen some lenders starting to increase their variable and fixed interest rates

5 tips to obtaining a lower interest rate

Interest rate announcement - March 2017 Today the Reserve Bank of Australia met to review the official cash rate. After cutting rates in August last year, the RBA have decided again to leave rates on hold at 1.50% this month. We expect that most lenders will leave their rates unchanged, in line with the Reserve

2016 Review and Outlook for 2017

2016 Review: some surprising events but ok overall 2016 will undoubtedly be remembered as a year of unexpected outcomes, particularly in a political context. The sudden rise of “populist politics” delivered a number of surprising vote outcomes around the world including the election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States and

Australian bank reporting season

When do banks report their profits? Companies report their annual profits soon after their financial year end. The CBA has a 30 June year end and has therefore already reported their results back in August. The other 3 major banks (Westpac, ANZ and NAB) all have a 30 September year end and report their results