Forget DIY, it's all about DIWM investing

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The industry is going to start to hear a lot more about 'do it with me' investing, writes Ben Goss, chief executive of Distribution Technology.

Walk into your local supermarket and, more likely than not, you'll find a bank of self-service checkouts. If you don't mind sacrificing human interaction with a store assistant you can often jump a much longer queue. And, like them or loathe them, they are here to stay as retailers follow through on their strategy of driving down their cost to serve. Gaining financial advice is of course so much more complex than buying a can of baked beans. Despite technological advances in recent years, there is still no substitute for good, professional advice from a trusted adviser. In fact, we belie...

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