Lifestyle Money is a personal finance information service provider that aims to share our knowledge with working Australians. Our goal is to become your trusted source of unbiased news about the money world around you and provide online tools and ‘how to’ information to help you become even more savvy with the management of your day-to-day money.

We are largely conversation driven, and as such actively encourage a two-way relationship. In doing so, we draw upon the benefits of our blog, twitter and facebook pages to provide you with access to numerous conversations, discussion threads and posts about about domestic and global events that affect your everyday money life. In other words, we will show you how to see the real economic data and discuss with you how it impacts on your income and your savings and potentially your job.

We want to be seen as the site you visit regularly to get a dose of reality when it comes to the money world around you. We have no hidden product sales agenda like a bank or financial institution nor a political agenda like a government.

Our role is to read between the lines of the news in the media surrounding the economy, product announcements from financial institutions, government reports and views presented by bank economists. We then present them in a totally unbiased way to help you make sense of it all and see the real story behind the stories. Yes, we may seem a little controversial and against the mainstream at times but we have one vision in mind. And that is to help you Talk, Think and Do more about your money, so that you can live the life you want.

About our Founder

Greg Smith has been in the Australian finance industry for over 25 years and has a broad set of experience and skills. He has worked at senior levels with blue chip companies such as ASX, ANZ, CBA and NAB and in his own wealth creation firm.

He holds a Diploma of Financial Services, Certificate IV in Finance and Mortgage Broking, is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia and has been appointed the Executive in Residence at Macquarie University, Faculty of Business and Economics.

Greg is a passionate consumer finance advocate and has the gift of making money matters understandable and is able to talk to any one, no matter what their financial situation, in a language that is just for them. He has authored 17 books on personal finance, held multiple media positions including money editor at Woman’s Day magazine, a regular money segment presenter radio stations nationally and a regular presenter on Channel 7 and 10.

For his contribution to demystifying finance issues and assisting Australian working families to improve their knowledge and confidence with their money, Greg has been recognized by the United Nations in their annual Media Prize.