The forgotten advice distribution opportunity
There is no doubt that there are significant shifts occurring in the advice industry: FASEA will see many advisers leave …
Industry: Advice
The advice gap is dramatically overstated
There have been many ‘Chicken Little-esque’ predictions that the sky is falling in, that FASEA and the fall-out from the Royal Commission will decimate the number of advisers in the industry, creating a large advice gap and preventing many investors who could benefit from advice from being served.
Advice fees but no service: a question of criminal law
The threat to vertical integration has receded but financial advice is under attack. Ongoing fees underwrite the economics of advice, but if services are not delivered, a crime may have been committed.
Does salaried advice need a new (tied) regulatory model?
Here’s the latest Trialogue – in the traditional format as ever, and there is also a video if that’s how …
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UK equity release: returning to respectability
In Part 1 of our focus on equity release, we identified the core drivers of a growing equity release …
Rehabilitating UK equity release
Almost a dirty word following mis-selling incidents, equity release in the UK has experienced something of a renaissance in recent …