The financial services industry needs to be ‘forward and brave’ to drive necessary change, delegates heard.
Speaking at the NextWealth Live 2024 conference, panellists Standard Life chief executive (CEO) Andy Curran; Schroders Personal Wealth CEO Mark Duckworth; Octopus Money CEO and Seccl chair Ruth Handcock; and Abrdn Personal Wealth CEO Richard Wilson shared their views on what changes means to them. Curran said there had not been much product innovation in the industry: "This is because sometimes, getting culturally comfortable with innovation and change can be difficult but you have to be determined." Curran added that the industry had to be enthusiastic and keep that energy up to driv...
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