TRAP: The Real Adviser Podcast Alan Smith; Andy Hart; Carl Widger; Nick Lincoln

In this latest pile of TRAP, the Trap Pack discuss
Topical issues, including the imminent TRAP Live event, superb service, FCA fee review update, Ultra’s new book (yes, really), Voice’s “planning” week, more Irish investment fraudMeat and Potatoes: Bricks and TortureQuestions posted by our beloved TRAPist Patrick DugganCulture CornerLinks referred to in the show:
Meanwhile, service standards elsewhere are awful: https://www.ft.com/content/0a5d30ed-164f-4b9f-a049-fc9692219f79CW: Investment fraud https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0405/1441779-investment-fraud/NL: Leveraging Wealth: The Advice Amplified podcast with IFA Pete Ridlington.Property vs. Equity: Tej Singh: https://pca.st/736pxk89Keeper Security over LastPass? https://www.keepersecurity.com/en_GB/ H/T to Jon Doyle www.twitter.com/juniper_jonDiary of a CEO - Jimmy Carr: "I've Found The Cure For My Anxiety!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHLAazKUU68CW: David McWilliams Podcast - interview with Michael Lewis re SBF https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-david-mcwilliams-podcast/id1462649946?i=1000651097893AS - Brett Davidson newsletter https://fpadvance.com/blog/Take part in the conversation! We want YOU to suggest topics and questions you’d like the Trap Pack to answer. The best way to do this is to ask them here.

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In this latest pile of TRAP, the Trap Pack discuss
Topical issues, including Paddy Andrews Métis Norway appt, US$90 trillion to move between generations, surge meeting review, SPIVA S&P Global, the passing of Danny Kahneman, another unregulated investment scheme goes belly up, Ali Hussain in the Sunday Times on adviser fee refundsMeat and Potatoes: AIQuestions posted by our beloved TRAPists www.twitter.com/@SamColbyButcher and https://www.linkedin.com/in/janemcaleeseCulture CornerLinks referred to in the show:
CW: Paddy Andrews appointed Director at Metis Ireland: https://businessplus.ie/news/metis-ireland-paddy-andrews/NRL: 4 million US citizens will turning 65 every year until 2030. “A study from Knight Frank details that over $90 trillion in assets will move between generations over the next 20 years.”: https://www.morningstar.com/financial-advice/record-number-americans-are-turning-65-thats-great-news-financial-advisors?utm_source=eloqua&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_advisordigest&utm_content=52931AH surge meeting season over, thoughts, reflection, points to note. CW: Would a round table of active fund managers say the same? https://citywire.com/new-model-adviser/news/do-etf-bosses-invest-in-their-own-products/a2439481?re=118846&refea=1287904AH - Spiva S&P Global - https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/research-insights/spiva/NRL: “For all his knowledge of how foolish investors can be, Danny didn’t try to outsmart the market. “I don’t try to be clever at all,” he told me. Most of his money was in index funds. “The idea that I could see what no one else can is an illusion,” he said.“All of us would be better investors,” he often said, “if we just made fewer decisions.” Jason Zweig (paywall) article on the late Danny Kahneman: https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/daniel-kahneman-behavioral-economics-270c9797?mod=djintinvestor_tCW: Solar 21 going pear-shaped despite “ray of light” last summer: https://www.independent.Take part in the conversation! We want YOU to suggest topics and questions you’d like the Trap Pack to answer. The best way to do this is to ask them here.

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In this latest pile of TRAP, the Trap Pack discuss
Topical issues, including Finish fables, JISA joys, Leffler love, cheap online tax-returns, total returns mean dividends, FCA thematic review #1,242, True Potential CEO says the quiet part out loudMeat and Potatoes: Clients or Customers?Questions posted by our beloved Steven S www.twitter.com/passivevanguardCulture CornerLinks referred to in the show:
Edward Leffler: https://www.ft.com/content/6d4f870c-f39a-4a06-a18f-f1e65484f35aAH - https://www.taxd.co.uk/ Easy/Cheap Tax Filing. NL on this: should 40% PAYE taxpayers trust HMRC or should they self-assess as a matter of course?CW: Idea for your advisory firm ….. Metis 5K Fund Run for Charity https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7173968807340691458AS - total returns  https://www.timeline.co/blog/is-the-ftse-100-misleading NL - 100 years of Edward Leffler’s transformational idea: https://www.ft.com/content/6d4f870c-f39a-4a06-a18f-f1e65484f35aAH - FCA - Article - Undertaking cashflow modelling to demonstrate the suitability of retirement-related advice https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/undertaking-cashflow-modelling-demonstrate-suitability-retirement-related-advice CW: Metis Ireland is hiring https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7176905922131173376AS FCA Thematic Review / AS - Fees for no service https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/thematic-reviews/tr24-1.pdfCW: Most clients don't need advice according to True Potential CEO https://citywire.com/new-model-adviser/news/true-potential-ceo-its-very-rare-our-clients-need-advice/a2438636?re=118418&ea=1287904&utm_source=BulkEmail_NMA_Daily_Single_EAM&utm_medium=BulkEmail_NMA_Daily_Single_EAM&utm_campaign=BulkEmail_NMA_Daily_Single_EAMTake part in the conversation! We want YOU to suggest topics and questions you’d like the Trap Pack to answer. The best way to do this is to ask them here.

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In this latest pile of TRAP, the Trap Pack discuss

- Topical issues, including Artic Rambles, Bitcoin yawns, Irish Banks, double-dipping, British ISAs, good PR firms, Best Buy lists
- Meat and Potatoes: SJP: Big Brands, Big Challenges
- Questions posted by our beloved TRAPist Will Bennett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-bennett-dippfs-7a230792/
- Culture Corner

Links referred to in the show:

- NL - TRAP YouTube hits the Steve Harris mark. http://www.youtube.com/@adviserpodcast
https://youtu.be/WxnN05vOuSM?si=bz8T7Cng7tOZ5sTX
- AS - double dipping saga continues https://citywire.com/new-model-adviser/news/revealed-the-8-platforms-double-dipping-before-fca-s-deadline-today/a2437299 
- AH - Norwegian Oil Fund to diversify to PE 3-5% - the fund drags to the extent it’s under-exposed to global equities. NEXT, all funds and all investors do. https://www.ft.com/content/55837df7-876f-42cd-a920-02ff74970098 
- NL - Budget and British ISA! My LinkedIn piece: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hattipnick_dear-worldnaacs-if-you-think-im-changing-activity-7171425884334182400-4tPp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
- CW: A good PR firm = priceless https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/02/29/goodbody-fined-1225m-by-central-bank-for-breach-of-market-abuse-laws/
- AS: 80/20 Principle - Richard Koch https://www.amazon.co.uk/80-20-Principle-Secret-Achieving/dp/1857883993 
https://pca.st/episode/512b566a-e063-4ffa-b4d1-b22f3d51ec7f 
- CW: John Collison & Charlie Munder podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-conversation-with-charlie-munger-john-collison/id1154105909?i=1000637534393
- NL: Tribes, by Seth Godin: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12262996-tribes
- AH - Morning Brew Daily Email https://www.morningbrew.com/daily 
- AH - The Billionaire, The Butler, and the Boyfriend - https://www.netflix.com/title/81306326
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In this latest pile of TRAP, the Trap Pack discuss
Topical issues, including Meta declaring its first dividend, update on TRAP Live, another FIRE story, Lombard Loans, Nikkei back to 1989, the “death” of the value premiumMeat and Potatoes: You’re Fired - Sacking Yourself OffQuestions posted by our beloved TRAPists Alastair P www.twitter.com/ap592dCulture CornerLinks referred to in the show:
Financial Life Planner https://open.spotify.com/show/6vdF54D6IfBGy20h6Xvt4k Bulletproof Entrepreneur https://open.spotify.com/episode/0rcawAuktBSE66w7axio7V?si=xrfZjevNSLKlqkA6TnRRJQ  Lick’s latest Substack squib: https://www.hattipnick.com/p/a-quick-one-1989-and-all-thatNL - Meta pays its first dividend. US$0.50 a share but it’s a start: https://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/news/245717/metas-first-dividend-explained.aspxCW: Latest article re FIRE movement https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2024/02/21/fire-is-financial-independence-retire-early-possible-look-at-how-you-are-spending-your-money/AS: Lombard loans https://www.firenzeme.com/NL - The Unhedged Podcast (FT): https://pca.st/ducu3zgtAS: Perplexity. Ai https://www.perplexity.ai/ AS: Excellent article on Kitces blog https://www.kitces.com/blog/prospect-process-advisor-value-client-relationship-trust-building/ AH - Pots of Gold - https://www.mygsn.co.uk/ cheap, healthy, simple and nice. The busy professionals dream.  CW: Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker - https://amzn.to/3IesCBmTake part in the conversation! We want YOU to suggest topics and questions you’d like the Trap Pack to answer. The best way to do this is to ask them here.

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In this latest pile of TRAP, the Trap Pack discuss

- Topical issues, including TRAP Live announcement, scams, the Irish FPSB, accountants and pensions and misconceptions, Irish consolidation, retirement living standards, the destruction AND creation of wealth, HUM Premium price changes, MS Copilot
- Meat and Potatoes: The Wealth Transfer: Hype or Real?
- Questions posted by our beloved TRAPists Will Bennett https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-bennett-dippfs-7a230792/
- Culture Corner

Links referred to in the show:

CW: Samantha Russel is www.twitter.com/samanthatwenty
NL: www.tiny.cc/ifaforum
AS - Scams https://x.com/alanjlsmith/status/1751905578580873378?s=46&t=sRHfdIQon2TfFJRFg7K23w 
AH -THE RETIREMENT LIVING STANDARDS - pro savings and thinking https://www.plsa.co.uk/Policy-and-Research/Topics/Retirement-Living-Standards - https://moneytothemasses.com/news/pension-needed-in-retirement-rises-in-2024-amidst-cost-of-living-crisis
AS - Wealth destruction at scale https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/funds/cathie-wood-ark-invest-wealth-destroyed-tech-stocks-morningstar-arkk-2024-2
AH - 15 Top Wealth Creators in the Fund Industry - https://www.morningstar.com/funds/15-top-wealth-creators-fund-industry-2 
Wealth Transfer - Is the Hype Real?  - https://www.humansundermanagement.com/blog/wealth-transfer -
AH - Stutz - Phil - Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81387962 
AS - Tim Ferris with Noah Kagan podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_htIvi4JzOs
CW: Happy Birthday Triplets this Valentine’s Dayhttps://music.apple.com/ie/album/this-is-the-one/325549329?i=325549345 
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