TOUGH CHOICES

TOUGH CHOICES

I’m a COBOL programmer. We moved out of our family home of 32 years last weekend, and I found an old coding template with a few punch cards that I have kept since the late 1970s. I didn’t think I was a hoarder (maybe?). It took me back to when the talent...
Bella’s Transition

Bella’s Transition

Bella has run her small architecture firm for over 20 years. As the demand for her work grows, so do her costs. At 52 years old, she had hoped for more options. Since a messy divorce seven years ago, she has spent all reserves from the settlement and parent’s...
Showing Up – The #1 Advice Productivity Measure

Showing Up – The #1 Advice Productivity Measure

An advisory team’s best days are usually those spent in front of their clients. As most people join the advice industry to help others lead better financial lives, the time spent in client discussions, resolving issues, identifying forward steps, and creating...
What Makes an Ideal Advice Client – Part 5 – Takes Advice

What Makes an Ideal Advice Client – Part 5 – Takes Advice

I love planes. I firstly obtained a gliders license in an old Blanik soaring above Narromine in 1980. I qualified for my private fixed-wing pilot license in 1984 at Camden airport when paddocks and chicken sheds still surrounded it, and later a commercial helicopter...
The Greed Factors

The Greed Factors

What do the behaviours of Melissa Caddick, Bernie Madoff, and Sam Henderson have in common? Greed. Justice Kenneth Hayne used the same word when tabling the final report of his Royal Commission into the Banking and Financial Services industries in February 2019....
How about we regulate the price of financial advice?

How about we regulate the price of financial advice?

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...
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