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ASIC, APRA are right to be on super funds’ case over advice

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25 October 2023 by Simon Hoyle, Professional Planner

Article link: https://www.professionalplanner.com.au/2023/10/asic-apra-are-right-to-be-on-super-funds-case-over-advice/

One of the key strategic priorities outlined in ASIC’s 2023-27 corporate plan is to “protect consumers, especially as they plan and make decisions for retirement, with a focus on superannuation products, managed investments and financial advice”.

It’s generally reckoned that that there simply aren’t enough financial advisers to deliver advice to everyone who needs it as they retire. There were around 15,700 advisers as at October 19 this year, according to Adviser Ratings.

If it’s true that around one in five Australians use financial advice, then advisers would be serving an average of 260 clients each from this retiree cohort alone – and clearly they’re not; that figure is significantly greater than the 130 to 140 or so clients an adviser typically handles.


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