Showing 31 to 40 of 47 articles: EYLEM KAMERAKKAS | TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019 Currently Australians invest $62.1 billion through managed accounts - with uptake among financial advisers having doubled over the past five years. As advisers become more comfortable with these products, and as platform providers and product issuers ... Read more ANDREW MACKEN | MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018 When Leonardo da Vinci was sketching out his design for one of the earliest parachutes in the year 1483, he no doubt understood the consequences of such a device failing. It would not have taken Leonardo much time at all to realize that two would be ... Read more JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018 First, there was the proliferation of managed funds that saw the advent of master trusts. Then a surge in popularity of direct share ownership saw the creation of investment wraps that quickly infiltrated advice practices, promising efficacy and better ... Read more SAMUEL STOBART | MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017 The prevailing advice for Australian investors looking for investment opportunities in recent years has been to look offshore. Home country bias is particularly prevalent in Australia; self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF's), according to the ... Read more HUB24 PTY LTD | MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016 It is no secret that financial advisers are under increasing pressure to grow their businesses which means focusing on revenue growth and profitability as well as delivering quality financial product advice to their clients in the context of an increasing ... Read more REECE BIRTLES | MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016 The search for stable, predictable returns in the post-global financial crisis world has led many investors to re-evaluate how and where they find income. In this global quest for yield, there are very few investment markets today that can provide a ... Read more TOM BIGNILL , ALWYN HUNG | MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016 The increasing popularity of direct ownership structures that have been adopted by a growing number of the Adviser community via managed account platforms has opened the door for many investors to access asset classes which have previously been the ... Read more ALEX HAYNES | MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016 At Peters MacGregor we have been running Global Managed Accounts (GMAs) for our clients for the past 16 years. But only now does it seem their benefits are becoming more widely understood in Australia. Managed accounts allow your clients to tailor their ... Read more DAN MILES , MATT HEINE , NEAL DUNNE | MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016 A new approach to portfolio management Read more ADAM ROWLEY | MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016 In 1982 a group of street performers gathered in Baie Saint-Paul in the province of Quebec and decided to organise a festival that could serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas. Their ideas stemmed from a set of core beliefs; 'to invoke the imagination ... Read more |
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Harvesting wisdom
TIMOTHY SCOTT
DIRECTOR
FORD SCOTT FINANCIAL PLANNING PTY LTD
DIRECTOR
FORD SCOTT FINANCIAL PLANNING PTY LTD
With a farming background, Ford Scott Financial Planning director Tim Scott has artfully woven traditional country values into his advice approach and incorporated managed accounts into his offering, reflecting the importance he places on direct ownership. Cassandra Baldini writes.