The future of financial advice depends on attracting more people to the profession — and creating clearer pathways for them to build a career in it.
For students, graduates and early-career professionals, financial advice can offer a meaningful career with opportunities to learn, develop and make a difference. But first, they need to know the profession exists, understand where they could fit and have a way to get started.
For businesses, the challenge is finding people who are genuinely interested in building a career in financial advice.
Connecting those two sides is where the opportunity lies.
Making Financial Advice a Career People Can See
For many students and graduates, the biggest barrier isn't a lack of interest. It's simply not knowing what a career in financial advice looks like.
What does a financial adviser actually do? What roles can you start in? What skills do you need? And how do you get your first opportunity?
The earlier people can explore those questions, the easier it becomes to see financial advice as a genuine career path.
That's part of what Brimstone is designed to do — bring emerging talent into the same room as the businesses and people shaping the profession.
At Brimstone Sydney 2026, 205 students, graduates and emerging professionals connected with 38 business and sponsor representatives, with attendees from nine education institutions.
But the goal isn't simply to fill a room. It's to create the conversations and connections that help someone take their next step.
From Discovering the Profession to Finding a Job
Getting more people interested in financial advice is only the beginning.
Students and graduates need opportunities to develop their skills, build confidence, understand different career paths and connect with potential employers.
That could mean a first client services role, an associate position, a Professional Year opportunity or another early-career role that provides a pathway into the profession.
For businesses, these connections create access to emerging talent earlier — helping build a stronger pipeline of people who are interested in financial advice and understand what the profession has to offer.
Building the Talent Pipeline
A stronger financial advice profession starts long before someone becomes a financial adviser.
A student discovers the profession. A graduate meets someone working in it. An emerging professional builds the confidence to put themselves forward. A business finds someone who wants to build a career.
Each step creates a stronger pathway into financial advice.
That's the role Striver is working to play — connecting emerging talent with businesses, opportunities, learning and the people who can help them move forward.
Because if we want more Australians to have access to quality financial advice, we need more people choosing financial advice as a career.
More people discovering the profession. More people getting their start. More people building careers in it.
The future of financial advice starts with the people we bring into it today.
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