It’s that time of year again… End of financial year (EOFY) sales are wrapping up, a new financial year has begun and tax time is on its way. Join us for our Employee Wellbeing Forum this month for a presentation and interactive discussion about Breaking the Spending Spell: How to uncover hidden influences for wiser financial choices.
To present at the forum, we welcome guest speaker Simon Russell from Behavioural Finance Australia (BFA).
Breaking the Spending Spell: How to Uncover Hidden Influences for Wiser Financial Choices – Employee Wellbeing Forum
2:00 PM, Thursday 20 July
Topics include:
- Spending vs. saving – getting more happiness and life satisfaction from the same amount of expenditure without making big sacrifices
- The psychology of how expenditure creates happiness and wellbeing, and how we sometimes get this wrong
- How our expenditures can be influenced by things that we’re not aware of and how this can lead to poor spending decisions.
- How we should weigh up spending now versus saving now and spending in the future
About Simon Russell
Simon is the founder and Director of BFA, providing specialist behavioural finance training and consulting. Behavioural finance relates to the psychology of money and investments. He is a regular speaker on behavioural finance and financial decision-making at industry and academic conferences.
Simon holds a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) & Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) both from the University of Adelaide, Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance & Investments from the Securities Institute of Australia, Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University, Diploma of Financial Planning from MLC Advice Education and a Graduate Certificate in Management from the Australian Institute of Management.
Simon has authored four books on behavioural finance: “Behavioural Finance – A guide for listed equities teams“, “Behavioural Finance – A guide for financial advisers“, “Applying Behavioural Finance in Australia” and “Cyborg“.
About Employee Wellbeing Forums
Employee Wellbeing Forums are held monthly and cover a range of topics to support employees to prioritise their health and wellbeing, and those of their colleagues and loved ones. The Forums provide practical discussions, resources, and information to empower employees to access support services and learn wellbeing strategies to implement into their daily routines.
For details about upcoming Employee Wellbeing Forums, access the Health & Wellbeing category in Upcoming events.
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Additional wellbeing support
If you are seeking more information about improving your mental health, check out the resources from our Employee Wellbeing Programs, including our Employee Assistance Program (EAP). The EAP aims to assist you in meeting any challenges or demands you may be facing in your work or personal life. For short-term counselling and coaching, book a consultation here or call 1300 687 327 for immediate support.
Employees can also access webinars and resources for free on the Converge International portal as part of our EAP, including their monthly online magazine, Flourish. In this month’s edition of Flourish, you can read their EOFY Survival Guide that can help you prepare for tax time.
Approved by Silvana Sgro, Acting Executive Director, People and Culture