Paying for financial advice is like paying for electricity. Really? Yes, according to Alan Kohler, Editor-In-Chief at InvestSmart.com.au. Alan knows a thing or two about investing. His web page offers lots of investment options with a who’s who of experienced people...
Are you noticing more and more discussion about being an ‘independent’ adviser? Specifically the section 923a of Corporation Law definition of independent. Hats off to those advisers committed to the s923a road – it certainly is one far less travelled. The pursuit of...
While money is the most pressing problem to all our clients, it’s surprising how few Australians are engaged in the financial advice industry. How can the same industry devoted to helping people make sound decisions around money turn everyone off so much? I believe...
Great financial advice isn’t about the money – it’s about something much more meaningful. Great advice is about taking clients to places they haven’t been. Great advice is about helping clients manage their un-manageable things. Unfortunately though, when it comes to...
What do you reckon? Are those first five minutes of the advice conversation between adviser and client crucial? Or is that the time for good old-fashioned rapport building? In the past ‘advisers’ (or ‘product distributors’ or ‘salespeople’) focused those first five...
When people hear the ‘certainty proposition‘ for the first time, no matter how much they might like the sound of it, they understandably ask how will they be able to determine the value or success of this approach? Prior the delivery of a ‘certainty’ proposition, the...
