The ifa Show

Ease into the year with something a bit different than the usual ifa podcast fare with some of the best movies and shows about finance.

Host Maja Garaca Djurdjevic is joined by resident movie buff Keith Ford and ifa journalist Jon Bragg to have a look at some movies and shows that feature financial advice (spoiler alert: most are not kind to anyone that works in finance).

The team covers some that fit the brief perfectly and a lot more that have a tenuous connection, but you're sure to find a few gems to watch as you get back into gear for 2023.

Get ready for a whole new year of podcasts by having a listen as we run through the biggest episodes of 2021.

Host Maja Garaca Djurdjevic is joined by ifa journalists Jon Bragg and Keith Ford to talk about the top five podcasts by listens from last year.

Topics that piqued listeners' interest in 2022 included changes in regulation, reviews, and interviews with subject matter experts.

Tune in as the team discusses why these episodes topped the charts last year.

Listen to the full episode below.

The time has come for the final episode of the ifa Show for the year. Host Maja Garaca Djurdjevic is joined by ifa journalists Jon Bragg and Keith Ford to wrap up 2022. Maja, Jon and Keith count down the top five most-read stories on the website this year, including articles that look at adviser numbers, FASEA and the Quality of Advice Review. The team also highlights some of the most interesting or engaging comments on these popular stories. Listen to the full episode below.

In this special episode of the ifa podcast, shadow minister for cyber security and shadow minister for countering foreign interference, Senator James Paterson joins Phil Tarrant (director - Momentum Media) and MAJGEN (retired) Dr Marcus Thompson to discuss the regulatory impediments preventing Australia from becoming a leader in cyber security.

The group begins the podcast discussing the cyber security threats facing Australia and the role of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO).

Senator Paterson then details how foreign interference and espionage have overtaken terrorism as the primary security concern for Australia.

The team wraps up the podcast in outlining the importance of attracting the right talent with the right skills to power Australian cyber security businesses.

In this episode of the ifa podcast, host Maja Garaca Djurdjevic is joined by Haydn van Nek, operations manager at Kelly Wealth from Cairns.

In this episode of the ifa podcast, host Maja Garaca Djurdjevic is joined by founder and director of Forte Asset Solutions, Steve Prendeville, to chat about the current state of the advice industry.

Mr Prendeville shares why he believes the possible return of superannuation funds and banks to the advice industry could be a "welcome addition", and why he doesn't see them as competitors. "I actually think that there is a great need for Australians to actually have access to limited advice or algorithmic advice." Mr Prendeville also talks about why he believes the quality of advice has never been better and gives his thoughts on mergers and acquisitions within the industry. Additionally, this industry professional explains why he is optimistic about the future of the industry.

Camilla Love started F3 — Future Females in Finance to bring more women into the financial services industry. The program — which won the Women's Community Program of the Year award 2022 from the Women in Finance Awards 2022 — aims to educate young women about careers and finance and nudge as many of the next generation of female talent into financial services as possible.

In this episode, partnered by Mortgage Choice, we catch up with the founder of F3 (and managing director of eInvest), Camilla Love, and Mortgage Choice's executive manager corporate communications, events & franchise marketing, Sally Chadwick, to discuss what more we can do to ensure greater female representation in finance.

Tune in to find out:

• The turning point that led Camilla Love to start F3
• What we can be doing to welcome more women into financial services
• What the future looks like for women in finance

And much more!

In this episode of the ifa podcast, host Maja Garaca Djurdjevic sits down with Tristan Hochwallner, head of sales at Asendium, to chat about how tech is allowing advisers to spend more time with their clients.

Tristan shares the latest on the current state of the advice tech world and why advisers should review their technology solutions today.

"If we look at what a lot of people are using today, [they are] incremental legacy systems [that were] designed 10-plus years ago," Tristan says.

"What's happened is, technology has had to respond in a knee-jerk fashion to the changes in compliance. Every couple of years, you've had to quickly go, 'This requirement has changed, how do we quickly bolt on a solution?'"

Hence, he says, we have an "amalgamation of all these different elements needing to talk to each other" but not doing it in the most efficient way.

So, while advising advisers to review their technology, Tristan also talks about the process that it entails.

He touches on Asendium's successes as well, and what sets it apart from the rest.

Host Maja Garaca Djurdjevic is joined by Corey Wastle, the founder of independent financial advice business Verse Wealth, to talk about the adviser exodus and why proactivity matters. Corey and Maja attempt to answer one of today's most prominent questions — how to attract new entrants into the industry. Corey talks about raising the awareness of advice as a career choice, why existing advisers need to be more proactive in spreading the word, and the techniques Verse Wealth uses to hire new staff amid increased competition for fewer advisers. Corey also touches on why he believes that professional advice firms like Verse need to acknowledge that "we're not meant to be here to serve everyone". "Not everyone can afford to have a professional financial adviser in their life. I think we need to be able to offer advice in different ways, in lower-cost ways, in more innovative ways," he says. Tune in to hear more.