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The Wealth Management Insudtry

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3.3 Short-comings of the Industry

The wealth management Industry in Australia faces some major challenges that can hinder its growth in the future. Following the financial crisis, the industry has witnessed a sea change in terms of regulations, risk, increasing costs and the overall profitability of the industry. Investors are now far more demanding of their wealth managers. At a time when returns are low, assets have suffered losses and trust has been damaged, clients are far less willing to take the performance of wealth managers for granted.
One of the primary concerns the industry is facing is the impact of the significant regulatory reform agenda in Australia. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, the global industry is under more scrutiny and pressure to reform itself than ever before and the Australian economy is not any different. According to (Financial Services Council/ PWC, 2011), top wealth management company CEOs had mixed reactions to the recent FOFA legislations with support for the new uniforms being far from unanimous. Although the CEOs of the top companies took reforms like introduction and the taking up of advice and the proposed duty for advisors to act in their clients’ best interests very positively, the banning of commissions on superannuation and managed investments and volume related commissions to advisory networks and independent advisors was not taken very well as it cuts the margins of the wealth management companies considerably and

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