“Banning conflicts is impossible so we shouldn’t bother.” It’s an opinion appearing in the trade press commonly now and the problem with that is it’s untrue. The culprit, I believe,…

Dr Simon Longstaff AO (Board member at FASEA and executive director of the Ethics Centre) delivered an insightful keynote at a PIFA annual Symposium which colourfully explains how the professions…

Financial planning should be, we believe, an engaging and uplifting experience for the client who is, after all, planning his or her future. The challenge is to engage with your client…

The lack of clearly understood expectations is the source of all sorts of strife in relationships, the cause of most conflicts, and the beginning of poor performance. In an adviser-client…

The ASIC has announced this morning that it is suing CBA for breaching conflicted remuneration laws. Here’s the situation: CBA buys Colonial’s superannuation fund for $22m and then on-sells membership…

How will you convert Senator Rex Patrick's heart-stopping, last-minute, legislation-blocking backflip into your own personal 'gift of time'? Yes – we’d all like more time to get more done. Trouble is, one day equals 24…

Peter Attia is a medical doctor in San Diego who runs a fabulous podcast series all about the quality of our health. He contends that good health ought not to…

I've got a bit of a man-crush, I’ll admit it. I love Chris Hadfield. There, I've said it. Acclaimed as the most famous astronaut since Neil Armstrong, the unassuming and likeable…

As a strapping 16 year old lad, my father wanted to 'round out' my education ... He said "I want four holes drilled through this wood, in a straight line,"…

See that yellow ‘safety cap’? It has caused me no end of grief. It’s the bottle cap for the new brand of dishwasher detergent we use. For years I’ve been…