Three in four advisers are still producing suitability reports manually despite the time and cost penalties involved, says 1st - The Exchange.
A survey of advisers, conducted by The Exchange, found just one in five had moved over to efficient, technology-based systems. Over 70% of respondents said they exclusively produce suitability reports manually, while around 5% use a combination of manual and technology-based systems. However, the survey found a manual suitability report takes around 60 minutes to produce, compared with just 15 minutes when using technology, a 75% increase in efficiency. The exchange says an adviser firm producing 50 suitability reports a week would save around 37 hours, the cost of a full-time member of ...
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