David French

Policy & Regulation

Licensees earn their stamping fees and should keep them

Licensees work hard for the stamping fees they are paid and should be entitled to keep them, according to Investment Collective managing director, David French....

Policy & Regulation

PI ‘not worth the paper it’s written on’

The Federal Treasury has received yet more warnings that before it embarks on a compensation scheme of last resort it should fix professional indemnity insurance in circu...

Features

In times of drought

Jassmyn Goh speaks to rural advisers to find out how the years long drought has affected their clients and what other hidden challenges they face in these trying times....

Financial planning

Claim that FPA needs to shoulder some blame

A Queensland financial adviser and managing director of the Investment Collective, David French, has claimed the Financial Planning Association needs to shoulder some bla...

Financial planning

Robo-advice no panacea

Suggestions that robo-advice will be sufficient to meet the needs of those earning $80,000 are well off the mark, according to Investment Collective managing director, Da...