Technology could be 'catalyst' that breaks up big networks - Sesame
60% of advisers in larger firms
!["We're going to make it as seamless and as modern as possible, and if [businesses] don't do that, they're going to look like old-fashioned travel agents" - Sesame's John Cowan](/api/v1/wps/8639ecb/ed51631e-3e37-4893-9473-44387836caa3/2/technologyvortex-580x358.jpg "\"We're going to make it as seamless and as modern as possible, and if [businesses] don't do that, they're going to look like old-fashioned travel agents\" - Sesame's John Cowan")
Adviser firms adopting a wider use of technology could see a move away from larger consolidators to regional advisory business, Sesame Bankhall Group chairman John Cowan has said.
Speaking at Adviser Home's conference The Future of Advice this morning (16 July), Cowan said technology could be used to help recreate regional adviser businesses away from the larger consolidators...
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