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Trust in financial planners

15 Jul 2014

Q. How much trust do you have in financial planners to give you independent and appropriate advice?

 

Total

 

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote Other

 

Received financial advice

Total lot/some trust

37%

38%

41%

34%

25%

63%

Total little/no trust

49%

44%

50%

51%

67%

35%

A lot of trust

8%

6%

14%

1%

3%

19%

Some trust

29%

32%

27%

33%

22%

44%

Little trust

29%

24%

31%

38%

34%

24%

No trust at all

20%

20%

19%

13%

33%

11%

Don’t know

15%

18%

10%

15%

8%

2%

37% say they have a lot or some trust in financial planners to give independent and appropriate advice and 49% have little or no trust.

Of those who have received financial advice or used a planner, 63% have a lot/some trust and 35% have little/no trust in financial planners.

For those on higher incomes (over $1,600pw), 40% have a lot/some trust and 51% little/no trust.

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