Advice CEOs point to tech and demand as key growth drivers

Regulation and operational efficiency cited as barriers

Isabel Baxter
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Demand and technology are key factors that will drive growth in financial advice, a panel of financial advice CEOs told delegates.

Speaking at Dynamic Planner's Pioneering Tomorrow's Technology' conference today (12 February) in a panel chaired by BBC journalist Amol Rajan, four advice industry leaders spoke about the profession's growth potential. My Pension Expert CEO Andrew Megson said that his focus is on offering advice to the mass market and serving clients who are thinking about retirement or approaching it. Megson highlighted regulation may be considered as an advice growth obstacle, but technology can help with this. "In reality, the introduction to Consumer Duty was a shock to the industry," Megson n...

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