It was a simple question and I knew I didn’t do it justice when it was asked. In fact, I didn’t realise it’s significant until afterwards. I blurted out a quick response which didn’t properly answer it. I’ve thought about it since. In fact, I’ve thought a lot about it....
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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 in Australia. Reflecting upon his successful banking career in the...
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Ready? Are we ever ready for new things? In retrospect, don’t all of our attempts at new things suck initially? Were you ready for your first child? Were you ready for  your first ever client? Were you ready for your first ever employee? Were you ready for the confrontational conversation...
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Financial uncertainty is thriving. Thriving, almost out of control it seems, unlike any period in our current generation. It’s largely due to the lack of leadership. It’s tricky being a leaders when things are uncertain. Whilst we can have little effect on the European heads of government (I can’t bring...
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What would your financial advice business look like without it’s on-going revenue? Can you remember back before mid-1990’s when most revenue in financial services was up-front? Can you remember what that was like? Could you and your business go back there (and would you want to)? Let’s assume for a...
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