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Why risk advice is on the verge of collapse: Experts

BY MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025 12:28PM

The challenges around risk advice have forced many advisers to abandon the sector. With greater complexity and a dwindling number of specialists, experts fear the risk market may cease to exist, the FAAA Congress 2025 has heard.

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