Half of advisers bullish on 2021 business prospects - Charles Stanley

Data from the wealth manager's white paper, Book of Stories 2.0, found 43% of 203 advisers surveyed had positive views on 2021. It also found almost a fifth (19%) had taken on more advisers to deal with client demand in the past year. Some 39% of advisers surveyed said the events of 2020 had boosted their confidence in their business, with just 4% admitting they were much less confident. Similarly, more than half (51%) of financial advisers said they were positive about the UK's economic future over the next 12 months and nearly two thirds (64%) felt the same about the next five years...