Tom Collins

Tom Collins

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29 March 2000

Some of you must wonder sometimes whether I enjoy being in the financial serv-ices industry. Well I do. Few other industries could be more dynamic, more suited to electro...

Advisers never cease to amaze me. I thought I was beyond shock as far as the ego and greed of some advisers were concerned. But from recent articles I have read; conversa...

2 February 2000

This is supposed to be the information age, but no one has told the financial planning industry. This has to be the industry that has the least information available abou...

15 September 1999

Is financial planning for most advisers an academic exercise? ...

15 September 1999

Is financial planning for most advisers an academic exercise? ...

I have agonised over writing this particular column. I was a foundation member of the IAFP; on the steering committee that set up the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) de...

Australia's financial services watchdog has just handed down its vi-sion of how wrap accounts should be regulated. ...

28 April 1999

I remember, when discretionary master trusts were becoming popular in the mid-nineties, business development managers (BDMs) employed by fund managers were concerned abou...

I have agonised over writing this particular column. I was a founda-tion member of the IAFP; on the steering committee that set up the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) d...

31 March 1999

Two events of the past month have the potential to turn the retail financial services market on its head. Tom Collins examines the possibilities opened up by the sale of ...

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