{"id":293,"date":"2019-12-02T07:29:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T20:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/roundtable\/?p=293"},"modified":"2019-12-03T10:28:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T23:28:16","slug":"2019-mdrt-annual-meeting-round-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/roundtable\/2019-mdrt-annual-meeting-round-table\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 MDRT Annual Meeting Round Table"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This 2019 MDRT International Adviser Round Table discussion was intended to compare notes about the various challenges facing advisers around the world. We were anticipating we\u2019d be reflecting on a variety of different challenges confronting advisers from different countries \u2013 but we were wrong.<\/h3>\n

Instead, when it came to what our adviser panellists consider to be the key challenges facing them, their advice business and their industry, there was only one \u2018game in town\u2019: Regulatory Reform…<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Challenges Ahead for Advisers Around the World<\/h3>\n

Regulatory Reform<\/h4>\n

As we took a journey through each of the seven countries represented around the table, it quickly became apparent that virtually all other challenges or impediments to an adviser\u2019s personal or business growth were dwarfed by the implementation and\/or implications of, the various reform agendas currently sweeping the global financial services sector.<\/p>\n

As this discussion developed, there emerged a sense that, whatever reforms are happening in your part of the world have either already been implemented elsewhere, are in transition now, or are slated to be rolled out in future.<\/p>\n

What we did learn, though, is that some countries appear to be doing it better than others \u2013 at least from the perspective of our panellists – when it comes to finding a balance between serving and protecting the best interests of the consumer and implementing higher benchmark standards for advisers that will still enable them to build a successful business and deliver much-needed advice to those who need it most.<\/p>\n

This Round Table report summarises and compares the impact of regulatory reforms across New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Unites States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Greece (representing EuroZone countries).<\/p>\n

While our panellists were only experts on what\u2019s happening in their own country, it was still possible for conclusions to be drawn \u2013 and they were \u2013 around which countries our panellists think are approaching and implementing financial services regulatory reform with a balanced hand on the tiller\u2026<\/p>\n

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2019 MDRT International Adviser Round Table Panel (L to R)<\/h3>\n