Today’s guest is Dave Robinson. Dave is a Chartered Financial Planner for Centurion Financial Planning, and it’s IFA or the Highway with Dave!
Pre warning, this is a long episode but well worth it.
We talk about the importance of IFA and why there needs to be an IFA academy. We dive into Dave Robinson’s past, and how he got into financial planning – starting out in accountancy and moving across into the financial planning profession.
He digs deep and shares deep and transparently about his business, his charging structure, why he charges what he does, and the plans and the changes that he’s looking to make and evolve as a business, become more profitable but continue to add value to the client. We talk about trainees, how they fit within his company, and how he supports them.
We also talk about his eldest son, who has a genetic disorder, and how that gave him a personal interest in working with families who are in a similar situation, a client that he feels can often be exploited by other advisers.
Dave also has lots of other specialist areas which we discuss, such as.
• Investment Management for Later Life, Personal Injury, Attorneys, Deputies, Trustees, and Beneficiaries who have Special Needs
• Personal injury claims
• Working with vulnerable clients
Dave is hugely passionate about the IFA profession, and he has some strong views on where it’s heading and what needs to be done to ensure that IFA remains.
00:00:00 | Intro
00:01:25 | A dinosaur of the profession
00:02:45 | Why change from chartered accounting to financial planner?
00:28:24 | How remuneration works in a firm of advisers
00:38:10 | Working on a fee by time basis
00:41:43 | You’re driven by value. Where does that stem from?
00:44:35 | What are the barriers?
00:48:14 | Mindset around rates
00:53:14 | The exit strategy
00:56:18 | Is this an employee ownership model?
01:03:30 | Ethical impact strategies
01:06:29 | Find a niche
01:11:16 | Working with vulnerable people
01:18:52 | How can we create an independent academy?
01:32:03 | Routes in and staff turnover
01:44:41 | IFA academies for IFA businesses
01:55:07 | Advice for those on benefits
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