Advice firms worry they do not have 'rigorous' compliance support

The report including the 900 retail intermediary advice (RIA) firms across Model Office's four platforms also showed that one in three are similarly concerned regarding internal compliance support. Advice firms are spending 64% of their time on business, compliance, and staff development needs and only 36% on client meetings, the research also revealed. Between 6-12 hours a week is being spent on governance, risk, and compliance activity. The biggest challenges over the next 12 months are the Consumer Duty validation, lack of budget and resources, the volume and implementation of regu...