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What negative interest rates actually mean
Written by Martin Hawes - Director and shareholder, Lifetime Retirement Income Negative interest rates. Now there’s a phrase that would turn any income investor’s blood to ice. Things are bad enough now but what will it be like if we have to pay the bank to look after our money? How are we going to live with that? And, if it does happen, what can...
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Surprising ways sitting is bad for your health and what to do about it
Are you really busy?
The Busy-ness Epidemic When someone asks you how you are, inside or outside of work, how many times will you have answered “ugh, I’m so busy” in the past month? How many times today? Chances are if you really think about it, you’d lose count. We’re all guilty of using the broad definition of busy as a reply or an excuse, but busy-ness is more...
Domestic Violence: Obligations
Family violence, also known as domestic violence, is a major human rights issue throughout the world, a crime in New Zealand and does not operate separately to employment. It has no boundaries and doesn’t just stay at home. Perpetrators of such violence have been known to continue the violence whilst the victim is at work, through phone calls,...