Business optimism? A look at the challenges concerning advisers

Almost all advisers say they feel positive about their business

Hope William-Smith
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Business optimism is high among advice firms, with 89% of advisers confirming they feel positively about prospects in the year ahead.

Research from Standard Life, published today (29 March), comes on the back of its questioning of 600 advisers about the external impacts expected to cause concern for their businesses over the next 12 months. The majority of financial advisers feel optimistic, the findings show, with 14% stating they are ‘very optimistic' about business prospects. Despite this positivity, the researched also showed that advisers have "widespread concerns" for the remainder of 2023 around economic recovery, expected investment returns and cost-of-living issues. More than two in five told Standard Li...

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