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...
My family is full of creative types. All the kids and wife are active artists, except me. Actresses, writers, drawers, and designers. All super talented – of course. But I was a tad surprised when some of their drawings and works were recently bought for use on...
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...
I didn’t hear much about value in the Banking Royal Commission reporting. Pity. Specifically, I didn’t hear much about the value Australians have been seeking in their financial lives from their bankers and advisers. Counsel assisting Mr Hodge QC came close to it when...
Katie and Tim are clients of Reine Clemow and his right-hand-lady Donna Loverick at Acquira Wealth Partners in bustling Southport. You know what struck me listening to them? Katie and Tim were very informed, aware and particularly certain of one thing. They...