State of the advice nation

State of the Advice Nation is the UK’s best insight into the UK advice profession, taking a sentiment-led approach to data. Wave 6 is now available.

The meaning of value

The meaning of value

We’ve worked together with Royal London to understand what customers actually value.

The impact of poor platform service

Impact of poor service

We provided the research for a report, in conjunction with Parmenion, which reveals how far short of expectations many adviser platforms are falling.

Answering the call

Front cover of the Answering the call report

Service means a lot of things to a lot of different people. It’s so subjective it can be hard to put your finger on. Why do we so frequently combine a whole load of service-related activities into a single rating or award? Why has that gone on for so long? Does it help the people they’re aimed at? Can we make things better?

Advice gap report

This report explores the impact of the cost of living crisis on consumers’ savings and investments. It also looks perceptions of value for money.

Better. Stronger. Faster.

In this paper we take a lang cat-style look at Centralised Investment Propositions. With our recent research showing over 80% of firms now have a CIP of one form or another.

Impact of poor service

/ White papers

The Impact of Poor Service

We provided the research for a report, in conjunction with Parmenion, which reveals how far short of expectations many adviser platforms are falling. The research found that over the last 12 months, 88% of advisers needed to apologise to at least one of their clients on behalf of a platform, and that poor service delivery from platforms impacts 91% of advisers every day.

Impact of poor service

/ White papers

The Impact of Poor Platform Service

We provided the research for a report, in conjunction with Parmenion, which reveals how far short of expectations many adviser platforms are falling. The research found that over the last 12 months, 88% of advisers needed to apologise to at least one of their clients on behalf of a platform, and that poor service delivery from platforms impacts 91% of advisers every day.

/ White papers

Answering the Call

Service means a lot of things to a lot of different people. It’s so subjective it can be hard to put your finger on. This paper aims to challenge the status quo and inertia that’s built up in the sector for many years.