Consumer continues to be unintended short term casualty in battle for advice

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Connect Financial Service Brokers (Connect) CEO Paul Tynan has reflected on the 2014 fiscal year and the financial services sector and described the past 12 months as one of continuing

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FoFA reform pause a surprise for many – Government and industry must get it right

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Connect Financial Service Brokers (Connect) CEO Paul Tynan added this voice to the many that responded to the news that the Federal Government had decided to ‘pause’ the FoFA amendment

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That word ‘sales’ – is it dead or being revitalised?

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The mere mention of the words ‘sales’, ‘selling’ or ‘salesperson’ in financial services and it immediately generates a vision of a negative stereotype from a bygone era where a pushy,

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Adviser hardship and impact lost in FoFA grandfathering stalemate debate

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As the grandfathering issue steadily tracks towards a resolution that will satisfy most parties, Financial Service Brokers (Connect) CEO Paul Tynan says that although grateful his call for a balanced

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Life is about balance – a lesson for industry and government

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Connect Financial Service Brokers (Connect) CEO Paul Tynan says that through all the commentary and opinions currently being expressed by industry in relation to the Federal Government’s proposed changes to

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Industry will again get sale, mergers & acquisitions wrong in 2014

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Irrespective of the countless articles that have been written and published on strategies to ensure that sales, mergers and acquisitions are successful and realise their potential, Connect Financial Service Brokers (Connect) CEO

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Year in Review 2013 and Year to Come 2014

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Reflecting on 2013 Connect Financial Service Brokers (Connect) CEO Paul Tynan has described the marketplace as one that has been filled with shifting dynamics that will be the source of

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Industry exit predictions failing to materialise – ‘fussy’ buyers seeking value

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Industry predictions of large scale exit by financial planning business owners leaving the sector have not materialised as principals find themselves in a holding pattern preferring to defer their exit plans until

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