Hello, I’m from ASIC and I’d like you to justify the advice fees you charge? Are you ready for this question? Reminds me of the gag about the tourist in Ireland who asks a local for directions to Dublin. The Irishman replies: “Well sir, if I were you, I wouldn’t start...
Have you heard of FASEA? It’s the relatively new Financial Standards and Ethics Authority, established in April 2017, well before last year’s Banking Royal Commission, to set the education, training and ethical standards of licensed financial planners. It’s creating...
How do you identify the right financial adviser? It’s hard. Moreover, it is potentially getting harder. Last week the government’s chief economic adviser – the Productivity Commission – recommended the formation of an expert panel to select the ten best...
Have you read Robert Cialdini’s book Influence? Great book. I re-read it over Christmas. It reminded me of the influential ‘short-cuts’ in our lives. Those psychologically engrained triggers we each develop that either warn, encourage, hinder or help us quickly make...
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 priced, and...
