Redefining Pathways: What financial planning can learn from accounting's bold moveBY REBECCA PRITCHARD | FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024 9:11AM When I traded my Chartered Accountant hat for a career in financial planning, I didn't just switch professions - I gained a new perspective on the evolving landscape of professional ... Upgrade your subscription to access this article
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Great Article Rebecca,
This profession is incredibly rewarding and satisfying.
As AI develops providing big tech and big corporates obscene amounts of power, the need for advisers to support the individual has never been more crucial and more valued. I personally would like to see FAAA and other bodies take a stronger stand on behalf of members to ensure the industry not only survives but returns to the prestige and respect it deserves. Just as corporates and big tech lobby government relentlessly for favours and favourable policy outcomes, so too must this group of "advocates" advisers lobby to support better consumer outcomes for ordinary Australians.