Blog: Growth of D2C is good news for advisers

There is some noise in the financial services industry surrounding the growth of the direct to consumer (or business to consumer) market in the UK resulting from the RDR. Some research suggests the B2C market will compete directly with the advice industry as clients increasingly turn to execution-only models as a result of platform developments, greater access to information and of course cost. Some are speculating on the potential demise of the adviser community, and its possible extinction in the long term. The expected decline in adviser numbers in future will be a result of a n...