Robert MC Brown, Author at Professional Planner

Opinion

The advice industry’s leadership deficit

Many factors have added to the set of circumstances the advice industry finds itself in – whipped by a royal commission and on the cusp of a fresh round of rules, regulations and reviews. Among these factors, a poor leadership stands out as its biggest misstep.

Robert MC BrownAugust 21, 2019

Remuneration

FASEA’s Code of Ethics should kill percentage-based fees

The financial services industry is starting to work out exactly what the FASEA mandatory Code of Ethics means and many won't like it, including those who think they're addressing their conflicts by charging asset-based fees.

Robert MC BrownJune 24, 2019

Education

Time to stop the financial literacy lip-service

Financial literacy has in many cases become a hollow promise which has been perpetuated by marketing departments of institutions and it’s time for education providers to lift their game.

Robert MC BrownMarch 25, 2019

Opinion

Accountants’ carve-out request reveals profession’s wounds

It’s eminently reasonable to require qualified professional accountants who offer financial planning services to undertake additional training in ethics and other relevant studies. Submissions to the contrary highlight just how much the profession is missing the point.

Robert MC BrownJanuary 24, 2019

Regulation

Top 10 reasons real reform won’t happen

Politicians rarely maintain their appetite for significant change under ferocious lobbying. Here are the arguments most commonly used to give them pause, Robert M.C. Brown writes.

Robert MC BrownNovember 28, 2018

Featured Homepage Posts

Time to stop the diversionary tactics

University degrees won't improve ethics, the suggestion that they will is just a diversion from the real problems the industry faces. Robert M.C. Brown writes.

Robert MC BrownNovember 12, 2018

Featured Homepage Posts

Conflicted remuneration is at the root of the problem

The answer to genuine and permanent reform in the financial planning industry is the removal of every type of conflicted remuneration, product incentive and target.

Robert MC BrownSeptember 12, 2018

On Practice

Do what needs to be done

Industry leaders may not like the fix for the lack of confidence governments and the public have in financial planning but they know what it is and need to apply it.

Robert MC BrownMay 17, 2018

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Robert MC Brown

Opinion

The advice industry’s leadership deficit

Remuneration

FASEA’s Code of Ethics should kill percentage-based fees

Education

Time to stop the financial literacy lip-service

Opinion

Accountants’ carve-out request reveals profession’s wounds

Regulation

Top 10 reasons real reform won’t happen

Featured Homepage Posts

Time to stop the diversionary tactics

Featured Homepage Posts

Conflicted remuneration is at the root of the problem

On Practice

Do what needs to be done

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