Plato wrote a few centuries ago that the ‘cure of a part should not be attempted without treatment of the whole’. A glimpse at most adverts for financial advice seems to contradict his philosophy. Most adverts suggest self-managed super funds, or low-fee...
On Wednesday night a couple of weeks ago the latest round in the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) saga limped through parliament heading for who knows where. Due successful lobbying by financial institutions, plus noise from incumbent industry associations and funds,...
I’ve been copping a bit of flack recently suggesting that fee disclosure statements (FDS) aren’t really necessary for your financial advice clients. Yes, I can understand that response considering the frenzy some firms have experienced making themselves ‘compliant’...
In my last post (Part 1), I shared my memory of a conversation that took place at one of my recent one-day workshops in Brisbane, between Lance Cheung of the ‘tiny giant’ firm Parinity, and a number of older, more experienced advisers. The conversation launched when...
To my mind, professionalism was best defined by Robert MC Brown – a unique champion of APES230, amongst other causes. Robert has said on many occasions that professionalism is acting in a manner that firstly respects the greater good of the general public, then the...
The “Consultant” Consultants thrive best in on-going chaos and complexity. They don’t just react, they are able to create, constantly add value and help their clients (and thus themselves) to desired returns as complexities of all sorts constantly appear and grow....
