'Fired and banned': How Ken saved a fortune ditching his financial planner

By John Collett
Updated September 30 2017 - 9:43am, first published September 13 2017 - 1:32am
Dan Cohen, James Windon, and Jan Pacas, co-founders of Flare HR. The company has closed a $7 million capital raise led by Reinventure. Photographed Friday 25th August 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. AFR NEWS 170825
Dan Cohen, James Windon, and Jan Pacas, co-founders of Flare HR. The company has closed a $7 million capital raise led by Reinventure. Photographed Friday 25th August 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. AFR NEWS 170825
Portrait of Ken MacLeod. For a story on how automated financial advice stacks up against face to face advice. Friday 8th September 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SHD MONEY 170908
Portrait of Ken MacLeod. For a story on how automated financial advice stacks up against face to face advice. Friday 8th September 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SHD MONEY 170908

About eight in 10 adult Australians are not receiving financial advice, even though many would benefit.