Advice network boss Goldthorpe on selling the lifestyle of a financial adviser

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Hannah Godfrey
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In this episode of The Pro Adviser Podcast, Hannah Godfrey sits down with Beaufort Group boss Simon Goldthorpe to talk about growing the network and attracting young people into the sector.

Nearly six in 10 advisers will retire in the next decade, according to figures from Octopus Investments, leaving the sector woefully thin and customers underserved. Financial advice network chairman Goldthorpe is concerned about this and argues advisers are not good at selling the sector. In this episode of the podcast he says advisers should tell young people a career in advice could give them the opportunity to be successful in business and lead a nice lifestyle. Elsewhere, the chairman rules out hard and fast rules when it comes to working with advisers in the future. It does not m...

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