The day-to-day running of a financial advice business can be an all-consuming process in itself, often getting in the way of finding the time and space to make strategic decisions. Add to that the time pressures of life in general and finding time to plan ahead can be challenging.
What would you do with more time? It is a very personal question, but something everyone will have an opinion on. More time on the golf course, more time with the family, more time spent on your business; more time is something we could all use.
We have been running our social media survey for five years now to gauge how financial advice firms use social media platforms in their businesses. The presence of platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have become so ubiquitous in our everyday lives that their use from a business perspective has become inevitable.
Machine learning in retail financial services is one for the future, right? Well not if you attended Intelliflo’s Change The Game 2018 conferences held at Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester and the Business Design Centre, London.
Recently we have been out and about doing one of my favourite things; exhibiting at events. The reason it’s one of my favourite things is I always find these events so inspiring and motivating.
When considering the future of financial planning, many believe the industry is facing a ‘perfect storm’. This is forcing changes to the way financial planners and their businesses operate. Increased regulation resulting from the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) and MIFID II, as well as uncertain market conditions, are seeing financial planners transform the way they work.
We’ve long championed the role that technology can play in the financial advice profession here at Intelliflo. And why wouldn’t we? Our business management software, Intelligent Office, is used by over a third of the UK financial advice profession, with our technology sitting at the heart of those firms’ operations.
Intelliflo’s Change the Game conferences are arriving in Manchester and London this June and will feature the usual blend of financial advice industry updates, technological advancements and thought provoking guest speakers.
I saw some interesting statistics in a recent communication from Platforum, relating to how robo advice is evolving to increase its commercial viability. The statistics, taken from Platforum’s European Consumer Insights report, reveal that just 18% of European investors are open to using pure robo advice yet almost three times as many would use it if some sort of human advice is also available.
Whilst awareness of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has certainly improved in early 2018 – how can it not have, given the coverage the regulation is receiving? – there is still work to be done for UK financial advice firms in getting ready for 25 May.
