Count Financial’s move to resposition the business is the first signal of a new dawn for Australian licensees.
Count announced last week it would become the IDPS operator and RSE in respect of its strategic platform offerings in response to the Future of Financial Advice reforms (FoFA), which …
Emotion is often an irrational, hard to gauge and frankly invisible force that financial advisers have to manage and deal with on a daily basis.
One of the grim and unstated realities of providing financial advice is an adviser – to earn their keep – must understand how …
The ultra weak US dollar appears to have a stronger correlation with the stratospheric rise in the gold price, rather than the broadly accepted notion of the latter being an anti-inflationary investment.
Inflation, while up in most countries compared to benign levels over the past decade, does not …
For almost three years Australian’s have been in love with saving cash and saving into cash-like investment products, with anecdotal reports estimating the build up of business and retail cash savings now somewhere north of $1 trillion and growing.
Over this period burningpants has also been reporting that …
Last week this burningpants’ correspondent found himself at a primary school fundraiser trivia-night.
Don’t worry this isn’t a blog about the state of the Australian education system, but more to do with the fact this correspondent has what can only be described as a prodigious and, some might …
Take a look at this little animated movie from the folks at Xtranormal – a cute little website which allows users to animate, voice and upload movies that they write and direct themselves.
This one, “A Day In The Life Of A Financial Planner,” gives an interesting view …
