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Let’s get real about banning grandfathered commissions

By Hans Egger | July 5, 2018

Switching off grandfathered commissions ‘conflicted remuneration’ could wipe out many honest hardworking advisers and would not necessarily be good for their clients. Since... Read more »

Life Insurance Remunerations Reform in Direct Conflict with Clients Best Interest

By Hans Egger | June 27, 2018

Will advisers be penalised for making the effort to do the right thing by their client? The life insurance remunerations reforms came into effect on 1 January 2018 and introduced... Read more »

Financial planners on the brink of opportunity or disaster?

By Hans Egger | June 6, 2018

What’s the exit strategy for Financial Planners if they decide not to go back to school? As a young army reserve officer in the early 90’s I was in awe of the veteran... Read more »

Financial Planning Industry winners and losers: a new era

By Hans Egger | May 16, 2018

What is the path to survival for the Financial Planning Industry with Australia’s active 25,000 planners in a post Royal Commission world? There has never been a better time to... Read more »

Modern Financial Advice: The Six Million Dollar Adviser

By Hans Egger | April 7, 2017

In the 1970’s we followed the adventures of Steve Austin the astronaut who after a spaceship crash was given bionic enhancements that made him stronger and faster. Who could... Read more »

Modern Adviser or Dinosaur? 5 Ways You Can Make The Evolutionary Leap

By Hans Egger | February 10, 2017

The financial planning sector continues to change at an accelerating speed – being a modern adviser means not only keeping up with industry changes but advances in... Read more »

Let’s get serious about estate planning

By Hans Egger | November 16, 2016

Estate Planning is, in many cases, treated by financial planners as an afterthought… a couple of questions about whether the client has a Will or Power of Attorney and if not,... Read more »

Winter is Coming: 5 Ways to Prepare Your Clients

By Hans Egger | September 18, 2016

“Winter is coming” is the motto of House Stark – one of the great houses in Game of Thrones. The words are a reminder of the need for constant vigilance and preparation... Read more »

“Gamma” – The New Measure of Good Financial Advice

By Hans Egger | July 18, 2016

Defining good financial advice can be difficult. Too often, clients believe that a good return on their investment relates to good advice, and too often financial planners... Read more »

NAB’s Robo Advice – should financial planners be concerned?

By Hans Egger | May 17, 2016

Let’s face it, if the NAB is about to launch robo-advice, then the three other big banks and AMP won’t be far behind, so should financial planners be concerned? First we... Read more »

The modern adviser and the upside of estate planning for young families

By Hans Egger | March 16, 2016

Most financial planners want to deal with retirees who have accumulated wealth via their super fund or high income accumulators who don’t mind paying high fees for advice on... Read more »

Estate planning for “A” clients – how to value add and get referrals

By Hans Egger | November 15, 2015

The kids have all finished school, the mortgage paid off, there’s plenty of money in the super fund and your client is either approaching retirement or already retired. As... Read more »

Robot advice or financial planner – what’s best for the client?

By Hans Egger | September 4, 2015

The Artificial Intelligence debate went into overdrive on 11th May 1997 when an IBM computer named Deep Blue beat the world champion chess player Garry Kasparov in a best of six... Read more »

I’m an adviser in my late 50’s – what is my exit strategy?

By Hans Egger | July 4, 2015

Many of Australia’s mature advisers are looking at a tsunami of worry coming at them as they consider their exit from the industry. It used to be fairly straight forward –... Read more »

I’m an adviser in my 30’s – how do I start my own business?