Louis Williams: Bridging the academia-adviser gap

Williams presented at the International Behavioural Finance Working Group conference

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Louis Williams explains why the academia-industry gap should be closed to help generate applicable research that can benefit consumers and inform financial planning practices...

It's been almost six years since I moved from working full-time in academia to begin a knowledge transfer partnership between the University of Reading and Dynamic Planner. Although I continue to collaborate and publish research papers with academics, an academia-industry gap remains. I believe we must bridge it to generate applicable research that can benefit consumers and inform financial planning practices.   At the start of the summer, I had the opportunity to attend and present at the International Behavioural Finance Working Group (BFWG) conference, which aims to foster collabor...

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