How advisers can meet clients' digital expectations

24/7 access is becoming a must-have

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Tessa Lee explains what clients are looking for from digital tech and how advisers/wealth managers can deliver against it

Recent research we conducted with Compeer revealed that more than half of investors with £1m or more of investible assets want improvements to digital servicing capabilities offered by their wealth manager or adviser. Of these, two-thirds said they would be likely to look for another provider if things do not get better. And they are not averse to switching as 65% of surveyed investors had switched wealth management provider in the last five years. More generally, this is a compelling reminder that wealth managers and financial planning firms need to continually sharpen their offering...

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