Robert MC Brown, Author at Professional Planner

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

SMSF

The SMSF time bomb

The nation risks a crisis if the financial services industry doesn't address what will happen when ageing SMSF trustees lose the ability and the desire to manage them.

Robert MC BrownApril 17, 2018

Industry

Why do professional bodies exist?

If associations don’t act decisively against conflicts of interest, the value of their designations will decline, Robert M.C. Brown writes.

Robert MC BrownMarch 14, 2018

SMSF

We need to talk about SMSFs – now

The nation risks a crisis if the financial services industry doesn’t address what will happen when ageing SMSF trustees lose the ability and desire to manage them.

Robert MC BrownFebruary 7, 2018

Regulation

Royal commission must prove reform is no fairy tale

Like Hans Christian Andersen characters, industry leaders are afraid to say publicly what’s so obviously wrong with the industry, Robert MC Brown writes.

Robert MC BrownDecember 21, 2017

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