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...
During a pricing workshop last month at the Affinia conference on Hamilton Island (is that place the world capital for golf carts?), an adviser shared a fee problem. An aged care expert in his team could not reconcile charging an advice fee equivalent to the price of...
Seen the Red Bull ‘gives you wings’ ads? Whether you like the drink or not, Red Bull’s advertising clearly aims to inspire people to achieve more in their lives. A similar message for financial advice. ACHIEVE MORE Valuable advice provides clients...
On Thursday, 7th February 2017, Scott Morrison, then Federal Treasurer, started question time in our parliament holding a piece of coal aloft. It was a pre-election stunt to draw attention to his Government’s commitment to Australia’s coal mining sector....
People don’t want more choices – they want to be more confident in the choices they make. Read NYU’s Professor Galloway’s musings? Easy read, makes sense, consistently clarifies some things for me. I’m presenting a model of advice in this blog. It’s for clients and...
