Returns aren't what they used to be, but investor expectations remain stubbornly high

Returns aren't what they used to be, but investor expectations remain stubbornly high
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The financial planning and advice industry might well be eating up half your return while you take all the risk — and even that may be optimistic.
With apologies to Charles Dickens, our views of what the future might hold may need some re-calibration. Like in his
Great Expectations , the world today is full of challenging circumstances. The modern financial planning world is dealing with a situation that may ultimately border on an existential crisis.
Much like the novel, the modern retirement planning universe has a colourful cast of characters, only ours includes central bankers, well-intended certification bodies, industry regulators and ubiquitous pundits. Financial advisers need to navigate these stakeholder groups when offering advisory services to their clients.

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