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Financial planners may be considered professionals, but there’s no national exam to put them through their paces. Shutterstock

Why we still don’t expect financial planners to sit an exam

Mark Brimble, Griffith University

While financial planning is on the pathway to professionalism, its education standards continue to be the subject of much discussion – and for good reason. The current standards set by ASIC mandate a comparatively…
David Murray releases the Financial System Inquiry report. Britta Campion/AAP

Financial System Inquiry: expert reaction

Elizabeth Byrne, The Conversation

Bank competition, increased capital levels and poorly designed taxes, such as capital gains tax and negative gearing, have been singled out for reform in the final report of the Financial System Inquiry…
Hollow answers: waiting for legislative reform to improve financial advice is likely to prove futile. Shutterstock

Explainer: the new future of financial advice

Mark Brimble, Griffith University

It is not difficult to establish the case for the importance of financial advice. With an ageing population, increasing longevity, higher expectations of post retirement living standards, the complexity…

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