[su_vimeo url="https://vimeo.com/297844276" width="680" height="480" class="video"] Presume, like me, you looking to buy a new car. I prefer Toyotas. Why? They do the job I need. They are reliable. They are everywhere. My twenty-something kids will be safe in them, they can't do too much damage to them, parts are not ridiculously...
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Another bank is exiting wealth. Saying his objectives are all about simplification, NAB CEO Andrew Thorburn used unsurprisingly similar language to ANZ's CEO Shane Elliott nearly two years prior when he too concluded that they really did not understand advice enough to make money. What're the consequences for Australia's advisory firms?...
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Did you see this piece just before Christmas? Fin Services minister Kelly O'Dwyer putting forward legislation no less to empower ASIC with product intervention powers and ability to now ban aspects of long-standing remuneration practices where there's a direct link between remuneration and distribution - which is just about everywhere...
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Are you noticing more and more discussion about being an ‘independent’ adviser? Specifically the section 923a of Corporation Law definition of independent. Hats off to those advisers committed to the s923a road – it certainly is one far less travelled. The pursuit of s923a accreditation is not easy in today’s...
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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 value has a lot to do...
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