10 mistakes that advice businesses keep making

From

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

Client reporting vendor Vermillion sets up shop in Sydney

From

Vermilion Software, the leading supplier of client reporting and communications software, announces the opening of its Australian office. Vermilion has been pressing further into the Asia Pacific region since the... Read more continue reading

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

From

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

AMP Capital demystifies goals-based investing through new adviser website

From

AMP Capital has launched a website for financial advisers to help them have conversations with their clients about goals-based investment strategies. Goals-based investing is an approach whereby an adviser identifies... Read more continue reading

Directors are liable if their company fails to pay employee super

From

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

The 3 keys to creating maximum practice value

From

For any professional services business to realise it’s full potential, and achieve maximum value, there are 3 elements that the business must continually work upon: Creating the physical Capacity to... Read more continue reading

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

From

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

Hot business tip number 16: Set up a Google account

From

Most of us use some type of Google product everyday – whether it be their market leading search engine, watching a video on YouTube (Google owned) or finding our way... Read more continue reading

Video: The intergenerational advice challenge and solution – Part 2

From

Part 2: Gen X and Y Zurich’s recent Intergenerational Advice Masterclasses not only brought to advisers deep research, practical solutions and a process to the challenge of becoming the “family... Read more continue reading

Safer sex: women prefer less financial risk than men

From

When it comes to investing, women are generally less tolerant of risk than men, and in just one in six couples will it be the female who is the bigger... Read more continue reading