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With so many other challenges facing the wealth management sector, from legacy technology to difficult market conditions, to developing compelling products and services that deliver on the needs of the modern consumer, why are firms turning their attention to complaints?
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Join us as we look at the future of Wealth Operations across people, process and technology. We bring in-depth original research across customers and senior Operations leaders to our white paper, exploring the future of Wealth Operations.
Greater innovation is on its way in the UK retirement income market, with annuities playing an increasingly important role in planning later life finances. Retirees will increasingly need a ‘mix and match’ approach to income
Written in Partnership with GBST
It’s 2022 and the gender gap is alive and kicking. In this whitepaper we explore the challenges facing the industry, the desire for change and the actions to close the gap once and for all.
By Kirstin Brooks, Natasha Bridgewater, Kate Monserrate, Jayne Brown
Consumer Duty is challenging existing thinking around customer correspondence….read our white paper today where we explore the challenges facing Advisers and Providers alike, looking to ensure compliance by July 2023.
By Natasha Bridgewater & Dominic House
The bereavement process within the Wealth Industry can be lengthy and complex. There are rules and regulations that must be adhered to, identities that need to be verified, details that need to be validated, risks that need to be managed.
This paper focuses the spotlight on bereavement processing by wealth platforms and transfer agencies to examine what’s currently being done both within the industry and by related external parties, with the aim of answering the following question:
“Is the industry doing enough to make this customer journey as frictionless and painless as possible?”
By Nina Cherry, Consultant
Since the new rules around IR35 were formally implemented into the Private Sector in April 2021, there has been a significant shift in how the market has reacted to the changes. Using insight from our own associate pool at Simplify Consulting, we explore the knock on impacts and unintended consequences and analyse how the market looks today.
By Matt Short, Head of Business Support
An increase in use of electronic signatures has been observed across a number of sectors including Wealth, with the trend accelerating in the light of the COVID 19 pandemic.
Wealth management firms have had to review and adapt their approach to how they carry out their business. How much has changed and is an electronic signature really the only way forward?
By Aneta Murdza-Figiel, Consultant
Since its inception in 2018 much progress has been made in the world of Open Banking. The purpose of this paper is to examine how the knowledge and experience gained from Open Banking is now being used as a stepping-stone into the realms of Open Finance from a UK perspective and provide examples of how this could be utilised within the sector of wealth management.
By Nina Cherry, Consultant
One of our specialisms is Risk Management. We have noted down some thoughts on the challenges with embedding risk management in the value chain and what threats and opportunities the industry faces at a macro level.
By Kate Monserrate, Director
By Nick Clarke, Head of Frameworks
By Matt Short, Business Manager
Our refreshed research study looking at Advisers’ perception of technology and its challenges for their business
By Jayne Brown, Consultant
This paper presents the findings on impacts the pandemic has had on Risk Management and correlations with organisations’ risk maturity.
By Aneta Murdza-Figiel
They are aimed at people in the business, who have a limited or no understanding of risk. This is just an introduction and hopefully addresses some of the common misconceptions.
By Kate Monserrate, Director
By Nina Cherry, Consultant
In a world of low-interest rates many new investors will use a stocks and shares ISA to get tax-free returns. We explore the digital online experience for a novice investor with a moderate pot of money as they select and onboard with providers from a Bank, DIY Investment Platform and Robo-Advisor.
By Giang Hughes, Business Support Administrator
The extension of the Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SMCR), from the banking sector, came into force in December 2019 which applies to all firms in the Wealth Management Sector. We look at the differing implementation challenges and impacts that Financial Advisers and larger Financial Institutions have faced and explore whether “a one size fits all” approach to regulation really works.
By Kate Monserrate, Director