Last week we talked about the financial advice climate heading into 2013, Kohler’s call to ‘Save Our Super’ and the challenges and opportunities this will present to all of us. Whether an opportunity or a challenge, one thing is clear – a self-managed super fund is...
What’s ahead in 2013? Have you checked out Alan Kohler’s www.saveoursuper.com.au? This gives a good indication of what’s ahead in 2013 and beyond. Kohler is editor-in-chief of Business Spectator, in which he recently wrote “Australia’s super system is a national...
IPA Executive Director John Roskam’s article “Paternalism Enshrined” was published in the Australian Financial Review on 6 May 2011. In it, he makes some good points regarding the proposed regulation of financial advisers under Future of Financial Advice (FOFA)...
Accumulating evidence suggests that the old financial planning industry (OldCo) is entering its death phase. Effects on advisers and their business plans will be profound. There is no single emerging trend, no single piece of legislation. Just a mounting pile of...
Imagine it’s Monday, July 2nd, 2012 – the first working day of Chris Bowen’s proposed changes for financial planners. What’s different from today? I’m betting the biggest change won’t be that obvious. The same financial planning brand names may be around, but...
As confidence in our economic recovery improves, confidence in our financial planning industry seems to be getting worse. As events unfolded last year, clients generally remained loyal to their planners, recognising that most of the greedy, reckless antics causing the...