Our regular round-up of the latest insights on investment distribution
Positive underlying trends in the D2C market
The D2C market has been on a rollercoaster ride with the explosion of personal investing in the pandemic, followed by a decline in asset prices and deflated investor confidence. Potential headwinds are reflected by the flak that Hargreaves Lansdown took from city...
2022 was a tough year for UK consumers
We saw a spike in the proportion of UK adults investing through 2020-2021, as household savings soared in the pandemic and fed through to investments. Unfortunately, 2022 painted a different picture, according to our latest UK Consumer Insights report, published...
A point of inflection in the adviser platform market
The platform market has reached a point of inflection in which platforms will be treated less like products for individual clients and more like investment services that work for the benefit of both investors and their advisers. Legacy platforms will need to adapt...
Is pricing opacity a risky strategy?
There’s a lack of transparency around adviser platform pricing, which could be undermining competition in this crucial market, according to our latest UK Adviser Platforms: Pricing report. Pricing structures can be complex and confusing and are often poorly...
Who are the online investing stars of 2022?
The advice gap is on the mind of the new City Minister, according to his comments at yesterday’s TISA conference. This is welcome news to online investing services that say they can do more to help the over 16m UK adults who have investible assets of £10,000 but...
What’s the maximum number of clients per adviser?
UK financial advisers have served steadily increasing numbers of ongoing clients in recent years, with each adviser now having an average of 115 ongoing clients – up from only 86 in 2016, according to FCA data. Some of this growth is because advisers have been...