Emotional intelligence – Why it’s crucial to your business

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When someone makes the effort to see a financial planner, it probably isn’t because they woke up that morning thinking – “I fancy going to see a financial planner today.”... Read more continue reading

Global Partnerships hosts Olympic Event with guest speaker Daniel Kowalski

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Charmaine Curtain and Jason McGregor from Global Partnerships Financial Consulting hosted an inspirational event last week with guest speaker Daniel Kowalski. The event showcased how obtaining advice early helps your... Read more continue reading

Challenging circumstances can provide opportunties

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Greetings and a few thoughts on the current state of the profession from the perspective of a self-licensed adviser. Starting with FOFA, which after the fanfare of the original ministerial... Read more continue reading

Mathias Cormann speech to financial services lunch

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The following is a trascript of a speech given to a financial services lunch in Sydney on Monday 5 December 2011 outlining the Opposition’s views on FOFA. It has been... Read more continue reading

Ideology aside, super contribution numbers don’t add up

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There’s one thing that can be said with great certainty about superannuation and that is that for more than two decades it has languished in a vacuum of politics and... Read more continue reading

Professionalism – the change we need

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Apart from European debt crises and world market doldrums, it’s been a big year for financial planning in Australia. The ongoing Future of Financial Advice legislation plus the FPA’s landmark... Read more continue reading

Future proofing

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Uncovering better analysis of industry fund costs with a focus on delivering enhanced member experience. The GFC, Cooper Review and Stronger Super have increased focus on cost efficiencies and member... Read more continue reading

FoFA winners & losers

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A few thoughts on the current state of play with FOFA Tranche 1 as it begins to be debated in Parliament. A helpful document from Treasury accompanying the draft legislation called... Read more continue reading

Experts schmexperts

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I’ve heard that the worst thing about being an author is that everyone else thinks that they can write a book too.  Everyone has a story, everyone reads…so everyone thinks... Read more continue reading

Does your website benefit your ego or your business?

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Over the years I’ve had plenty of advisers tell me that websites just don’t work for financial advisers and planners. When I ask them why, they’ll generally tell me about... Read more continue reading