The Adviser Issue 14 | Page 13

Opportunities

We then asked advisers where they saw the biggest opportunities...
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The value of ongoing advice
Need for advice
Pension & tax changes
Changing client needs
Intergen advice
AI
Tech
Economy / markets
Social media
Again, we see overwhelmingly that advisers see the need for advice and giving ongoing advice as the key area of opportunity – advisers want to give more advice to more consumers and see this as a huge priority and focus.
Changes in recent legislation and client needs further add to this need and opportunity.

... and challenges

We then asked what you viewed as the biggest challenges...
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Regulation
Too much admin Government
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Markets
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Attracting Consolidators younger clients
Regulation is by far the biggest challenge advisers face, according to the survey. The second biggest challenge was around time taken to complete administrative tasks. 27 % of advisers also cited lack of new advisers as a challenge.
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