One of the key attractions of owning a financial advice business has always been the benefit of generating recurring revenue from long-term clients. While the removal of grandfathered commissions and introduction of mandatory renewals has removed the ‘guarantee’ of recurring revenue from every client, we...
This article is a summary of a Webinar delivered by Sue Viskovic and Graham Burnard from Elixir Consulting on how to approach the challenge of leveraging technology in a financial advice business. Technology decisions are one of the most critical decisions that owners of financial advice...
We are currently dealing with the twin challenges of creating messages for clients and staff in an environment of huge uncertainty and then delivering these messages remotely, with all of the challenges this can bring. Engaging with people remotely does not mean that meetings and discussions...
No doubt you’ve been working with your team to create a response to COVID-19. We certainly have with our coaching clients here at Elixir, so we thought we might share some high-level strategies with you in this article. Between the health precautions and the impact...
A recent AFA Webinar highlighted a number of questions on the lips of many advisers. This one covers how to juggle existing service agreements while implementing new 12 month agreements. (We had a bit of a giggle after viewing the recording of this - the 'Brady...
I've been incredibly fortunate this week to speak at a conference in Japan and someone shared the Uber analogy - that the value of financial advice businesses have dropped just like the value of a taxi plate when Uber came in because they didn't 'keep...
When running an advice business, your people will usually be your biggest expense, and your biggest asset...
I’ve been thinking about a session I had with an incredibly talented professional recently, and reflecting...
In sharing with you this #MomentswithSue video that was filmed on the IP Thought Leaders study tour to San Francisco in September; I am introducing you to one of my favourite guests, Rich Arnold. Rich shared his experiences with what Fintech companies are doing, and the impact...
Educating clients is part of the adviser’s role and most will have a well prepared and polished process to do so, but it can become tiresome (and time consuming!)running through this process with each and every client. In this article first published in RiskInfo magazine,...