Industry
OSAs could be on the chopping block
A prominent financial services lawyer has questioned ongoing service agreements and warned that current contracting and remuneration models may be up for change.
Industry
Industry
Stop trying to ‘fix the women’
Women don’t need help with self-esteem, according to Leith Mitchell. “There is no biological research that says you have a confidence chromosome that I wasn’t born with,” she says.
Industry
The business of ideas
Asset managers around the country are realising that attracting and retaining a diverse range of talent, particularly women, is much more difficult than just advertising more widely and hoping they'll disrupt ingrained cultures.
Industry
Professional Planner to discontinue fund awards
There are too many agents in this industry already. We need to do much better for the end customer, which is why Professional Planner is stepping away from its fund manager of the year awards.
Licensees
Responsible managers ‘need to be a part of the business’
Industry experts explain the importance of advisers considering being an RM knowing the rules and immersing themselves in the business. Tahn Sharpe writes.
Industry
Banks believed in their own immortality: Costello
The ex-Treasurer told 1400 delegates at the FPA Professionals Congress opening keynote that while the banks didn't fail, they failed their customers. Matthew Smith writes.
Industry
Membership growth front of mind for new FPA chair Broome
The association has been focusing on building its younger membership base in recent years, at a time when many older advisers are looking for the exit.
Industry
Almost all advisers overvalue their business
Advisers and brokers discussed the things practice owners should know when selling their advice business in the opening session of the FPA’s 2018 Professionals Congress in Sydney.