Blog Posts in 2019
Blog Posts in 2019
Technical update (Australian Government Payments 20 September 2019)
2 October 2019 On 20 September 2019, the Australian government released “A guide to Australian government payments 20 September 2019”, so the following have been updated in Optimo Pathfinder from the 2019/20 financial year: Family tax benefit (FTB-A and FTB-B) payment rates and i
New Pathfinder Release (Oxley)
Thursday 12 September 2019 Release overview Useful links If you don't have a log in, Sign up to Optimo Pathfinder https://app.optimopathfinder.com.au/Account/Register (your first case is free!) Help docs home page https://help.optimopathfinder.com.au/confluence/hd/welcome-to-th
Technical Update: Change to Age Pension Deeming rates
17 July 2019 On 14th July 2019, the government announced changes to the Age Pension deeming rates, so the following has been implemented in Pathfinder for both singles and couples from the 2019/20 financial year: The lower deeming rate is now 1% (changed from 1.75%) The upper dee
Technical Update: New tax Thresholds Released
8 July 2019 This change will apply to all results in all cases that are solved on or after 8 July 2019 (irrespective of the case creation date). If your scenario was solved before 8 July, you can update your results by clicking 'Start solve' again (for more information, see How
Minor Pathfinder release (Technical update to super, Age Pension and HELP debt threshholds, update to default cash rates)
3 July 2019 Legislated increases to super, pension and HELP debt thresholds for 2019 This change will apply to all results in all cases that are solved on or after 4 July 2019 (irrespective of the case creation date). If your scenario was solved before 4 July, you can update you
Update to Optimo Financial default assumptions
25 June 2019 The following changes will apply to call cases created on or after 26 June 2019. If you would like to update any cases created before this date and you cannot edit the fields yourself, please Contact Optimo Financial. List of changes New shares/managed fund profile
Optimo Pathfinder default start date for analysis is now 1 July 2019
1 April 2019* On 1 April 2018, Optimo Pathfinder's default start date for analysis for new cases will change to 1 July 2019 (i.e. the 2019/20 financial year). This change is made on April 1 each year because we find that in the last three months of the financial year, it’s neater
New Pathfinder Release (Norgay)
Monday 4th March 2019 We name our releases alphabetically and after explorers, so this release is named after Tenzing Norgay, who first climbed Mount Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953. Release Overview Useful links If you don't have a login, Sign up to Optimo Pathfinder htt