The Morning Briefing: Coaching comes to the fore; DB dalliance
By Justin Cash 7
th April 2021 8:31 am
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Coaching Comes To The Fore
We have heard a lot about the value of coaching for advisers in recent years. The argument goes that in the post-product, planning-focussed age, being able to understand your client’s emotions, how they feel about money, and how to change their behaviours with artful discussion skills can have a huge impact on their wellbeing.
The question for many planners has always been: how do we monetise it though?
Stearns County Sheriff s Office
(KNSI) A Fairhaven Township man was cited Monday afternoon for burning without a permit after a Stearns County Sheriff’s Deputy discovered a fire on his property that had gotten out of control.
The Stearns County Sheriff’s Department says a deputy out on patrol noticed a large amount of smoke in the area and traced it to an address on County Road 44, where they discovered a wooded lot with fire and flames surrounding a home. The property owner, 62-year-old James Hay, said he was trying to burn a large log, and the fire spread out of control.
Man cited for illegal burning after fire spreads to several acres of property
Times staff report
FAIRHAVEN TOWNSHIP A man was cited for illegal burning after an attempt to burn a log spread to several acres of a wooded lot Monday afternoon, according to the Stearns County Sheriff s Office.
A Stearns County deputy noticed smoke around 1:26 p.m. Monday while patrolling Stearns County Road 44, according to a Wednesday release. The deputy traced the smoke to 7055 County Road 44 east of Kimball.
Several acres of a wooded lot were on fire and flames were surrounding a private residence.
The property owner, James Hay, 62, told the deputy he tried to burn a large log and the fire spread out of control, the release said.
Fairhaven Man Cited for Starting Grass Fire While Burning a Log
FAIRHAVEN TOWNSHIP A Stearns County Sheriff s deputy out on patrol Monday discovered a grass and brush fire.
The officer was driving along County Road 44 in Fairhaven Township just before 1:30 p.m. when he noticed a large amount of smoke. He traced the smoke to a property in the 7000 block of County Road 44 where several acres of a wooded lot were on fire and surrounding a house.
Kimball and South Haven fire crews were called in to put out the flames.
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Simon Melling: Why I swerved retirement to lead Vermeer Partners
Vermeer CEO on the appeal of leading Michael Kerr-Dineen’s recently-formed wealth management firm
Simon Melling was on the verge of semi-retirement when the opportunity to become chief executive at the recently established wealth manager Vermeer Partners cropped up, and despite working hard to get the firm up and running, he hasn’t regretted the decision for one moment.
Melling trained as an accountant with KPMG in 1984 before joining the investment management arm of bank Singer & Friedlander. It was later while at wealth manager Collins Stewart that he crossed paths with none other than Terry Smith, who he describes as “one of the brightest people I have ever worked with”.