Category : Advisers

Material of interest particularly to financial advisors, coaches or counsellors.

Financial Education 2013

  There’s good news, and bad news.   The good is that people seem to be realising one of the core messages of this site, the training I do and the book – money isn’t a goal, it’s a means … Continue reading

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FSA still living in the past.

  I found that the FSA is warning that advisors need “to review each portfolio to mitigate the risk of portfolios becoming misaligned“.   That’s true, as far as it goes – but it only goes about three millimetres and then stalls! … Continue reading

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Another blog

  I’ve been asked to write a blog for the Mindful Money site, which will allow me to do a lot of things that don’t really fit on this site very well.   That’s going to be coming up soon, … Continue reading

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Taking a risk

I’ve been involved in a couple of interesting discussions lately.  While a lot of the advisers I’ve bounced ideas around with, speak to and link with regularly are keen to learn, there seem to be quite a number who really don’t … Continue reading

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Personal Finance Society Conference 2010

I delivered a talk at the conference on 21st September 2010.  It was for professional financial advisors. It was recorded, but unfortunately not filmed.  Here’s the tape, it does still make sense but it is better with the slides.  The slides … Continue reading

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Financial Advisor Workshop Outline

With RDR, have you any concerns about “adding value” for clients to show them that you’re worth fees?  Would you be interested in demonstrating added value for your service to clients? Think of it in terms of a building analogy – … Continue reading

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