Number of highly vulnerable clients slides

Dynamic Planner research finds

Jen Frost
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The proportion of highly vulnerable clients has fallen, Dynamic Planner research has suggested.

Analysis of the software firm's latest Financial Wellbeing Questionnaire found that 3.09% of clients were highly vulnerable "in terms of their resilience" between 2024 and 2025. This fell from 6.26% from 2023 to 2024. Dynamic Planner found that the proportion of clients with moderate vulnerabilities also fell year-on-year across the four characteristics of health, life events, resilience and capability. More clients were viewed as having a low level of vulnerability into 2024 to 2025, Dynamic Planner found. Dynamic Planner's Financial Wellbeing Questionnaire was launched in 2023. T...

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