Industry Voice: Schroders' Annual UK Financial Adviser Survey - the key takeaways

Research and statistics – are they newsworthy or do they just reconfirm what we would have guessed anyway?

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I like to believe that both apply. The Schroders 2019 Annual UK Financial Adviser Survey confirmed this, particularly when it comes to outsourcing the investment proposition. Here's my take on some of the results… 1. Advisers continue to outsource Reconfirming: The survey highlighted that 50% of advisers outsource their client assets and half of those outsource more than 60%. The number of advisers outsourcing has remained relatively stable for a number of years. However, for those who do outsource, the level of assets that they pass to third party managers continues to increas...

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