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 MagazineThe city that’s ‘on the cusp’ of being one of the world’s greatest9 mins agoMatthew DrummondThe Trump effect and everything else you need to know now about watchesFlorals? They became groundbreaking because of this Sydney womanBOSS Financial ReviewHow a young executive went from university dropout to dream job in Paris24 mins agoRachael BoltonHow an introvert’s brand raked in $8m in salesThis top exec knows how burnout feels. It led him to his dream jobLife & LeisureThe science-backed spa program that’s all in your head24 mins agoUte Junker7 hotel restaurants to boost your foodie credentialsFill your diary with August’s best arts and entertainment eventsRich 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