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Video Content: Advising without fear

Video Content: Advising without fear

  • AFSL Fundamentals, Compliance Frameworks, Governance & Leadership
Video Content: Advising without fear
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A blast from the past

No-one asked for it, but here it is, a mildly embarrassing and partially successful presentation of our theory that the root cause of many of our regulatory problems are Licensees’ willingness to embrace simple, black and white responses to nuanced issues.

Our failures of imagination and courage have embedded formalism, bureaucracy and risk aversion and frustrated the emergence of an advice profession.

Bear with it, because it’s solid content that identifies common failures and suggests practical strategies for moving beyond compliance.

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Smarter Compliance. It’s a dramatic message, but we want to be clear – the root cause of many of our regulatory problems are Licensees’ willingness to embrac…

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