IFAonline Technology Survey indicates advanced IFA thinking towards training and conferences

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IFAs would like to do online training, conferences, straight-through processing and e-compliance within five years, reveals IFAonline's annual Technology Survey published today.

Over 1,500 IFAonline users this year completed the 3rd IFAonline Technology Survey, which details the software that firms choose to adopt, the provider websites they prefer to use for different types of business and the developments they would like to see over the coming years. Main findings reveal that 80% of intermediaries surveyed believe online training would have a positive impact on their business, while almost 40% indicate they can already do e-compliance – ahead of the FSA's 2007 date for e-compliance implementation, 25% would like to see more use of online conferencing and 23% say...

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