Jenna is an adviser in her early thirties. Her technical background is accounting, her personal background is caring She made contact when a good advisory client did not re-engage after only twelve months of working together. While she didn’t expect every client...
Marketers love a good slogan. Goals-based financial advice is a good example. Advisory firms sometimes differentiate themselves on their goals-based advice capability to understand and identify their advice client’s aspirations. Some institutional advisory...
“Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.” ~ George Bernard Shaw Financial advice is less about financial products and more about consequences, particularly significant consequences. Obviously, not all decisions have significant...
Financial Relationships are the third of four essential balancing acts of a comprehensive financial adviser. Joe was clear what retirement looked like. So was his partner Silvia. The pressing issue to resolve was the universe of differences between their hopes. He...
Imagine a hole-buyer and a hole-digger met at the local hotel to discuss a much-sought-after hole. After a few drinks, the job is agreed with the digger starting as soon as possible. Next day the digger is on-site unloading the digging gear out the back of the digging...
I love flying. Always have. Long flights, short trips, big planes, tiny ones, hang-gliders, choppers. When I was a kid, Dad would sometimes drive out to a small park on the Cooks River which bordered Mascot airport to watch the arrivals and departures. From there you...
