Only a quarter of IFAs have presence on web

Some 97% of IFAs and 100% of product providers have internet access but only a quarter of brokers have their own website. According to research for the the eXchange conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, 80% of product providers have their own website compared with only 26% of IFAs. Around 25% of IFAs and product providers use the internet daily while another 12% go online at least once a week. Some 90% use the internet at work with 72% having access to the web at home, according to the survey. The research also found that some 59% of consumer respondents used financial websites just to a...