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Financial planning

21 August 2003

Collins: Wish you were here - a contrary view

A recent tour of Europe got Tom Collins thinking about local perceptions to financial services, particularly in relation to distribution....

Financial planning

14 May 2003

Collins: Industry caught in the grip of paralysis

The attention generated by the shadow shopping survey appears to have paralysed the industry, argues Tom Collins....

Financial planning

2 April 2003

Collins: Will advice ever be the same?

Tom Collins argues that contrary to what the regulators and lawmakers are saying about cleaning up the financial services industry, the solution will be found in redefini...

Financial planning

6 March 2003

Collins: FSR should be scrubbed – Part II

If you believe the FSRA will cure the financial services industry’s ills, then Tom Collins invites you to look for the fairies at the bottom of the garden....

Financial planning

17 February 2003

Being in vogue these days is passé

It’s currently fashionable to call financial planning ‘life planning’, but Tom Collins argues that is exactly what financial planning has always been....

Financial planning

2 February 2003

Get rid of the Financial Services Reform Act!

Nobody really thinks the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) is working, says TOM COLLINS, and for that reason it should be scrubbed....

Financial planning

25 September 2002

Is big beautiful?

As the banks move into financial services in a big way, most notably with Westpac’s acquisition of BT, conventional wisdom says that big is better. TOM COLLINS begs to di...

Financial planning

21 July 2002

Has industry growth benefited consumers?

Four years and 50 columns ago, TOM COLLINS first graced the pages of Money Management. Retracing his steps has led him to conclude that not too much has changed....

Financial planning

3 March 2002

Success takes away industry initiative

The financial services industry remains inefficient because its success means it does not have to improve. However Tom Collins argues this will spur on the next wave of c...

Financial planning

5 December 2001

Advisers move away from reward mentality

For my last article, I normally summarise my previous articles for the year. However this time I want to only do that in part. That’s because this year was the last year ...