The problems of cost and availability in relation to financial advice can only be addressed by rebuilding the model from the ground up, the AFA has claimed.

How the value of advice is defined should be one of the legacies arising from the coronavirus pandemic, the head of an industry body has said.

Adviser Ratings has launched a new Find An Adviser tool to help consumers find financial advisers who are ASX trading participants.

Any future advice gap will come from the departure of active advisers and not those biding their time until retirement, a consulting firm has predicted.

The leading SMSF body has identified the issue of not receiving financial as more serious than the delivery of poor advice.