by Jim Stackpool | Jun 22, 2021 | adviser fees, Best Interests, best practice, Methodical, Quality Advice
A while ago I facilitated a pricing review session for a Adelaide firm with a number of senior advisers. The firm was an amalgam of a couple of firms over the previous few years with each of the principals well-known to each other and motivated by the benefits of...
by Jim Stackpool | May 1, 2021 | advisers v distributors, Certainty Advice, Conflict of Interest, Hayne Royal Commission, Hidden Intent, Leadership, LIfe Choices, valuable advice, Value of Advice
“The future does not exist and cannot be predicted. It must be imagined and invented” Gelatt (1989) On May 25, 1961 USA President John F. Kennedy delivered an ambitious speech seeking Congress support to a project that would be ‘…more impressive to mankind, or...
by Jim Stackpool | Mar 28, 2021 | growth, strategy, valuable advice
The eleventh sitting of the mandatory FASEA exams started this week. An adviser preparing for her exam suggested that once most advisers had sat these exams, she hoped the regulator might reduce their onerous compliance burdens. Hope isn’t a great business strategy....
by Jim Stackpool | Mar 11, 2021 | Advice Clients, advisers v distributors, Best Interests, Certainty Advice, Conflict of Interest, Future of Financial Advice, Hayne Royal Commission, Hidden Pricing, Leadership, Value of Advice, Value Proposition
What do the behaviours of Melissa Caddick, Bernie Madoff, and Sam Henderson have in common? Greed. Justice Kenneth Hayne used the same word when tabling the final report of his Royal Commission into the Banking and Financial Services industries in February 2019....
by Jim Stackpool | May 22, 2020 | Business Performance, Certainty Advice, Value of Advice, Value Proposition
Unlike zoos, most financial advisers believe they will emerge from this Covid-19 experience stronger. The imposed lessons of offering flexible workplaces, the insights of client meetings via video links, the no commuting for clients and team members, while still...
