More new clients looking online, survey says

A quarter of the 651 ABC1 adults aged 25-64 surveyed have said they would look for information online, ahead of a bank or building society (22%), a high street IFA (20%), friends or family (16%) or the Yellow Pages (1%). David Elms, chief executive of IFA Promotion says the results are further evidence of consumers turning to the internet to research finances, just as they would for holidays or jobs. “The fact that potential customers are doing their initial research online should come as no great surprise to IFAs. After all, it is exactly where most IFAs would go to gather their own ...