![]() Dante De Gori Chief Executive Officer, Financial Advice Association Australia (at time of writing)
DANTE DE GORI | WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021 Time to face the facts: financial advice is a loss-making activity for many of the largest operators in the country. Read more DANTE DE GORI | FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020 Financial planners were helping Australians through stressful situations long before COVID-19. But the positive stories about financial planners were seldom told before 2020. Good news about the profession was inconsistent with the negative narrative ... Read more DANTE DE GORI | THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020 The biggest challenge impacting financial planning businesses today is not retaining clients or attracting new business, but the overly complex regulatory system stifling productivity. Read more DANTE DE GORI | FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019 There is absolutely a future for the profession of financial planning. The opportunities and the need for financial advice by Australians and, frankly, by most citizens around the world is without question. Read more DANTE DE GORI | THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014 The new financial year has arrived with a bang for financial planners with the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA) regime now applying to the profession. Read more PAGE: 1 |
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