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UK experience shows independent advice has a future

The dramatic drop in the number of advisers in the late ’80s in the UK shows that independent advice has a future in Australia, says one UK academic.

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May 03, 2019

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In a speech to delegates at the Netwealth UK Study Tour, associate lecturer of the University of Northampton, Gillian Cardy, said that while Australia was 20 years behind the UK, this showed that independent advice has a future despite the added regulations.

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