Fintech businesses: do you need an AFSL or ACL?

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Some Fintech businesses may be unwittingly providing financial services without an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) or Australian Credit Licence (ACL), putting themselves in breach of the law and setting... Read more continue reading

Could advisers be driving clients to online providers?

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Do advisers realise how much revenue is waiting for them inside their existing business? That was the question going through my mind as I listened to a fascinating presentation at... Read more continue reading

Hiring, firing and remuneration – 2015 Trends

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The results of The Dawson Partnership 2015 Hiring Intentions survey highlighted a marked turn-around and improvement in participant sentiment. The 8% uplift in hiring intentions over the 2014 year is... Read more continue reading

10 mistakes that advice businesses keep making

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I was given a challenge for a recent conference presentation:  Identify the top mistakes which hold advice businesses back from achieving their full potential. After much deliberation I settled on... Read more continue reading

Advisers continue to pursue own AFSL as viable solution for the future

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Alex Euvrard, Associate Director of specialist industry consultancy My Dealer Services Pty Ltd (MDS) has confirmed that the company is receiving a record number of enquiries from advisers seeking to... Read more continue reading

Directors are liable if their company fails to pay employee super

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The director penalty regime was extended to make directors personally liable for their company’s unpaid superannuation guarantee charge (SGC) and pay as you go (PAYG) withholding amounts. They also limit... Read more continue reading

Are you promoting a culture of self-responsibility to increase your team’s performance?

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It makes sense conceptually that a business will be far more productive if staff are taking responsibility for as much as possible, and going above and beyond the call of... Read more continue reading

Work harder to attract young advisers

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With a large number of advisers leaving the industry and fewer choosing to specialize in risk, Synchron Director, Don Trapnell, says the industry needs to make the profession more appealing... Read more continue reading

Higher qualifications are one solution…but who is going to teach the educators?

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Connect Financial Service Brokers (Connect) CEO Paul Tynan welcomes the current moves to increase the education standards, knowledge and technical skills of advisers, but asks who is going to teach... Read more continue reading

Electronic disclosure requirements – more is needed

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A lack of consistency and tricky restrictions in regulatory requirements for electronic disclosure documents means financial planners, insurance providers, credit providers and Fintech companies should all be doing their homework... Read more continue reading