Work & CareersCareersFinancial plannersPrint articleUniversities cutting courses could cruel financial advice expansionThe demand for financial advice and advisers is rising, but universities are closing the courses that train them. That’s a problem for everyone.Andrew HobbsWealth reporterMay 13, 2025 – 5.00amSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginIt seems like the financial planning sector could be, well, a lot better planned.Just as the demand for planners is forecast to surge as the Baby Boomers and Generation X plough on to retirement, the universities that offer the courses needed to train them are cutting them.Loading...Andrew Hobbs covers self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), financial planning, retirement, inheritance, tax, personal finance and, sometimes, the Perth Bears. He has been a financial journalist for 30 years, previously at Bloomberg and AAP.SaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreFinancial plannersAFR ReportsFinancial planningSMSFsBudget Executive EducationPowered byLatest In CareersFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In Work and careersThe Australian Financial Review MagazineMonica Lewinsky might be the most influential feminist in 30 yearsJessica GardnerThe Apple Watch is 10. What’s next for the world’s No.1 wearable?In pictures: AFR Magazine’s 30th anniversary celebrationBOSS Financial ReviewHow this elite child gymnast leapt to the top of SportsbetHannah TattersallWhat 18-hour days on a farm taught this NAB exec about bankingHow a young exec went from university dropout to dream job in ParisLife & LeisureStep inside this modernist penthouse with 360-degree viewsStephen ToddIs all this talk of wine terroir a load of hooey?Want to live longer? Try this new brain enhancement programRich ListThree decades of PMs, fashion icons and the odd person headed for jailBrook TurnerFortescue near settlement with US tycoon after energy deal bust-upAustralia’s 50 Richest Bosses revealed