I’ve always left a case of beer out for our garbos each Christmas. However, this year they were not able to accept it. It’s ‘not part of council’s new code of conduct’. Really? I value the job done by our garbos in the early hours every Tuesday morning. Value was...
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[embed]https://youtu.be/4pCXySXeRLE?rel=0%20frameborder=0%20allowfullscreen/iframe[/embed]   For many inevitable reasons, traditional financial advice models are changing. To date, there have been two main aspects underpinning the delivery of personal financial advice. These two aspects have been the amount of money an individual has, and the financial products the individual requires.   Show us your...
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Penny works within a busy accounting and financial planning firm in Brisbane. Raised and spent most of her adult life in the small country town near Toowoomba, she knows all about close-knit Australian communities and how important they can be for each other. She's been a regular on our advice...
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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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