by George Shore | 06 January 2023 | UK Adviser Platforms, UK D2C, UK Financial Advisers, UK Fund Distribution, UK Wealth Management
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...
by Richard Bradley | 21 October 2022 | UK Financial Advisers
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...
by Richard Bradley | 04 March 2022 | UK Financial Advisers, UK Fund Distribution
We have seen a steady evolution in UK financial advisers’ propositions since pension freedoms with a tightening up of processes for clients in decumulation. This has included more cash flow planning, and greater emphasis on performing fuller and more proactive annual...
by Mariam Pourshoushtari | 03 December 2021 | UK Financial Advisers
What tech set-up would financial advisers ideally want if they could start again with a clean slate and no legacy systems? That was the hypothetical question we asked for Platforum’s latest report, UK Financial Advisers: Planning Tools and Systems. We gave them four...
by Richard Bradley | 05 November 2021 | UK Adviser Platforms, UK Financial Advisers
It’s getting harder to benchmark adviser platforms on price. Platforms’ rate card pricing structures are relatively simple in isolation, but it’s nigh on impossible to compare multiple platforms directly – tiers, bands, flat fees, ad valorem fees all kick in at...
by Danby Bloch | 29 October 2021 | UK Financial Advisers
The post-budget landscape features much higher inflation and taxes – both of which will challenge investors looking for income from their pensions and other investments. Their asset managers, wealth managers and financial advisers now need to take stock and see...