I spent many Saturday mornings at Harry’s Hardware on Whistler Street in downtown Manly after Anna and I bought our “renovator’s delight” on Manly flat. Harry had an old-style cluttered store when hardware stores used to be as common as...
Every August, I spend an evening at my old school answering questions from Year 11 students as they share their post-school career options. My sessions are generally Q&A events for kids interested in small businesses. Last week’s questions ranged from what...
The problem with super is super. Since the 2002 Financial Services Review, there have been at least a dozen enquiries, commissions and reviews into Australia’s superannuation, insurance, investment, and financial services industries. Last week APRA and ASIC jointly...
Amazon Advice is coming to a screen near you. It is already happening. Wesfarmers recently bought a large telehealth business – Instantscripts – for $135m. This purchase was in addition to the company’s $1B acquisition of the Priceline Pharmacy chain...
If plumbers need new pipes, and if the cobbler’s kids need new shoes, does it follow that a lawyer needs new laws? Maybe. Michelle Levy’s three-page plea to the government to adopt her Quality of Advice Review recommendations in this week’s AFR is a...
What is good advice? Is it cheap advice? Is it easy to implement advice? Is it advice that provides better options? Is it advice that saves time or money? Is it advice from a trusted friend? Is it advice from an algorithm that assumes you aspire, behave and resemble...
