While money is the most pressing problem to all our clients, it’s surprising how few Australians are engaged in the financial advice industry. How can the same industry devoted to helping people make sound decisions around money turn everyone off so much? I believe...
I reckon financial advice industry is entering a new phase of professionalism and opportunity, only everyone doesn’t seem that excited about it. As with any change there are many advice licensees and practices that refuse to embrace anything new and evolve. No matter...
Imagine this… Scanning the newspaper one day you learn that your local doctor, who you’ve taken your family to for years, might be getting ‘subsidies’ from the drug companies whose medicines she recommends to her patients. Being inquisitive on your next visit, you ask...
To some, it might appear odd that none of the four sons of a prosperous farming family – based near Narrogin, in Western Australia’s glorious south-east wheat belt – didn’t continue on the land. However, on meeting Rob and Michael Pyne of HPH Solutions in West Perth,...
It’s ironic that many financial planners may have failed to financially plan for the most important future of all – their own. Change is coming It matters little which stance you take in the debates about commission. The greed behind the global financial crisis, the...