Our nascent financial advisory profession needs a ‘turning point’, a breakthrough to accelerate its advancement into the profession it is destined to become. Whilst I applaud much of what has been done in financial planning to improve the professionalism of the...
In my last post (Part 1), I introduced you to my Uncle Martin and his enthusiastic approach to what he did as a specialist aeronautical engineer working for Qantas. I also commented that many of the financial planners I know take a similar approach to their work as my...
My old uncle Martin loved his job. His enthusiasm for what he did was so infectious, every time I was with him I wanted to do whatever he did when I grew up. He was an aeronautical engineer for Qantas. When I was young, he took me on a few night-time tours into his...
Last week we talked about the financial advice climate heading into 2013, Kohler’s call to ‘Save Our Super’ and the challenges and opportunities this will present to all of us. Whether an opportunity or a challenge, one thing is clear – a self-managed super fund is...
What’s ahead in 2013? Have you checked out Alan Kohler’s www.saveoursuper.com.au? This gives a good indication of what’s ahead in 2013 and beyond. Kohler is editor-in-chief of Business Spectator, in which he recently wrote “Australia’s super system is a national...