Nathan Jacobsen

Financial planning

Will advisers be made to pay for reducing the cost of advice?

The Government wants financial advice to be made more affordable and a Financial Services Council has canvassed easier scaled advice, technology and less red tape as bein...

Financial planning

Has Govt realised it went too far on financial advice?

The Government and the regulator are showing signs that they now understand they have gone too far in driving up the cost of financial advice, according to panellists at ...

Financial planning

Key licensees hit back at FPA adviser registration proposal

The Financial Planning Association’s proposals to have adviser registration over-ride licensing has run into a backlash from key financial planning licensees who say they...

Features

In Focus: Advisers are hurting out there

Paragem managing director, Nathan Jacobsen argues that while the march towards financial planning professionalism is welcome and necessary, it would be folly to overlook ...

Features

The best tonic for change fatigue is community

Paragem’s Nathan Jacobsen argues that financial advice practices impacted by factors such as the new Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority regime and the conse...