Is now the time to join the crowd shifting to industry funds? It depends on the value being sought. Value means different things to different people. Whether buying your morning coffee or another pigeon to your flock, we all value things differently. In many ways, the...
Hello, I’m from ASIC and I’d like you to justify the advice fees you charge? Are you ready for this question? Reminds me of the gag about the tourist in Ireland who asks a local for directions to Dublin. The Irishman replies: “Well sir, if I were you, I wouldn’t start...
Have you heard of FASEA? It’s the relatively new Financial Standards and Ethics Authority, established in April 2017, well before last year’s Banking Royal Commission, to set the education, training and ethical standards of licensed financial planners. It’s creating...
Penny works within a busy accounting and financial planning firm in Brisbane. Raised and spent most of her adult life in the small country town near Toowoomba, she knows all about close-knit Australian communities and how important they can be for each other....
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...
Assuming your advice clients are engaging for the long-term rather than short-term (and therefore you aim to earn on-going fees every year, not just the first year), then a re-think on the ‘depth’ of engagement between your firm and its advice clients might be...