Pandemic marginalises mass market, older advisers
Research conducted on UK advisers in June reveals Covid-19 is having a more adverse effect on mass market advisers than their high net worth counterparts, who enjoy better client relationships and higher levels of perceived job security.
July 21, 2020
Act fast if you’ve got the wrong team: Ex-NZ Rugby CEO
Whether your team is the standard setter in world rugby or a financial planning practice, showing leadership means dealing with problem elements before they fester. “He Tangata, He Tangata, He Tangata”, says Steve Tew; It is the people, it is the people, it is the people.
July 20, 2020
Blood and equity: Family offices flock to PE
Large family offices are trending towards private equity for diversification, access to what they perceive as value investments and an underlying passion for off-market deals that UBS says is "in their blood".
July 20, 2020
Industry lags on pitching advice as a career
While the education mandate and professional year have added much-needed structure to the path for prospective advisers, the industry hasn’t quite figured out it’s pitch to the next generation yet.
July 17, 2020
Put a lid on market exuberance
Investors would be wise at this juncture to consider whether expectations of an imminent end to the pandemic – and our economic malaise – are premature, says Roger Montgomery.
July 17, 2020
What does self-regulation look like?
The financial advice industry has found itself in a frustrating position of having rules and regulations imposed by people who are fundamentally disconnected from financial planning. Paul Moran thinks he's got a way out.
July 16, 2020
Get Canberra under financial advice: Senator
Andrew Bragg went into bat for financial advice in a wide-ranging fireside with Rice Warner’s Michael Rice, suggesting that pollies should go through the advice process themselves and that unadvised insurance is ‘not enough’.
July 16, 2020
Licensee stability key for shifting advisers
As advisers continue to recalibrate their licensee allegiances, the sustainability of dealer groups and their ability to evolve is becoming the key metric to look out for.
July 15, 2020
ASIC to look at updating ‘stale’ SMSF fact sheet data
James Shipton was chastised by PJC member and NSW MP Jason Falinski for failing to address inaccuracies in its ill-fated 2019 SMSF fact sheet, which the regulator's CEO admitted was 'stale'.
July 15, 2020
Advice disciplinary body to give ‘certainty’: Hume
The Senator has high hopes for the industry on its journey to professionalism, citing the proposed single disciplinary body, single issue advice and fintech as drivers for change on the Conexus Institute’s inaugural Exploring Big Ideas webinar.
July 14, 2020
It’s not churn, it’s a pandemic
Clients are dialling back insurance because we're in the middle of a pandemic-fuelled recession. This has nothing to do with churning, advisers say, so why should they be penalised?
July 13, 2020
The value of advice: A playbook
By bringing the conversation back to the question of whether clients are on track to achieving their goals and showing them visually using cash-flow modelling, you will have a better chance of keeping them engaged and disciplined, David Haintz writes.
July 09, 2020
