Recruit 2 Advice | Financial Planning & AFSL Market Update | 2026 Foreword – Dugald Braithwaite, Director R2A The Australian financial advice market continues to evolve quickly. Adviser supply is improving at the edges, but the structural pipeline challenge remains. Private practice ownership, licensee change, outsourcing, technology adoption and persistent salary pressure are now connected…
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Industry shift from bank / corporate-led distribution | 78.2% – private enterprise | Financial Advice Supply chain deficiencies persist
78.2% of advisers now sit in privately owned licensees, which is a major structural shift away from institutional models a decade ago.
“Salary pressure is real, although the deeper issue is that the AFSL market is repricing capability, support and stability.”
Market fluidity – Practice Sales across the financial advice practice market continues to increase as PE capital inflows and ownership models evolve