Advice isn’t a product. Advice is far richer, deeper and more valuable. At the heart of good financial advice is a on-going conversation that ignites life’s possibilities and helps realise their attainment. Despite the banks alluring advertising, the value in the...
Do Woolworths sell advice? Do Coles sell advice? Do banks sell advice? None of these groups sell advice. They all sell products. Unfortunately when it comes to financial advice, Australia’s consumers don’t know the difference between financial advice and financial...
Brad Cooper – chief executive of Australia’s BT Financial Group (a division of Westpac Bank) provided insightful observations in the Australian Financial Review last week regarding shifts in the UK financial advice market and potential implications for our market here...
Advice professionals don’t take commissions. The latest twist in the Future of Financial Advice exposes even more what the real debate is about – trust. Not reducing red tape. ASIC reckoned a couple of years ago only 18% of Australians sought out an adviser. Last year...
Remember when coffee was instant? Remember those cafe bars which boasted only 5 cents a cup? Now Australian’s are paying at least $3.25 a cup. Could you imagine convincing the cafe bar coffee addict of yesteryear they’ll be paying at least 65 times the price in years...