After each Meeting Owen James publish 'The Findings', a document that encapsulates and shares the key issues and topics discussed on the day.
Each section below summarises the different roundtable sessions and covers an array of industry driven topics.
The Findings are listed in Event date order, but don't just look for an event you attended, explore the research facility that gives you access to topics addressed at all our other Meetings – past and present.
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Artificial Promise - The potential for growing your business intelligently Advisory Distributors June 2024
Expert: Phil Calvert, Melo Facilitator: Brod Whiting, JoyndUp Ltd
27 June 2024A Meeting of Minds Advisory Distributors - June 2024
Advisory investment servicesAIClient ExperienceDataFinancial AdvisoryMarketing
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Big tech. How and where it can add value back into the sector
Expert: Andrew Back, Multrees. Moderator: Ben Wright
21 April 2022A Meeting of Minds Winning Advisers North - April 2022
AdvisorsAdvisory investment servicesCentralised investment propositionsClientClient ExperienceFinancial adviserFinancial AdvisoryIndependent Financial AdviserRegulatorsTechnology
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Navigating an interest rate and inflationary environment with economic franchises
Expert: Bertrand Cliquet, Lazard. Facilitator: Don Wild, Wild Ochre Consulting
21 April 2022A Meeting of Minds Winning Advisers North - April 2022
AdvisorsAdvisory investment servicesCIPClientFinancial adviserFinancial AdvisoryIndependent Financial AdviserInflationInvestmentsPortfolios
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Having confidence in achieving your goals and best practice running a centralised investment proposition
Expert: William Marshall: Partner and Head of Wealth Investment and Jon Roberts, Head of Compliance Delivery, threesixty services, Facilitator: John Chapman, Orion Consultancy
14 October 2021A Meeting of Minds - Winning Advisers - South - 14 October 2021
AdviceAdvisory investment servicesBusiness developmentBusiness ModelCentralised investment propositionsClientcostFinancial adviserFinancial AdvisoryFinancial servicesIndependent Financial AdviserOnboardingRegulatorsWinning AdvisersYour business
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HOW AND WHY HAS CASH BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE HOLISTIC FINANCIAL PLANNING PROCESS?
How and why has cash become an integral part of the holistic financial planning process?
29 April 2021A Meeting of Minds - Winning Advisers - 29 April 2021
Advisory investment servicesAPIClient ExperienceFinancial AdvisoryHumanInterestInvestmentsRetirement Planning
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The Future of Advice: How Automation is changing what we do
25 June 2019A Meeting of Minds Advisory Distributors - 25 June 2019
Advisory investment servicesClientDigital platformDigitalisationFinancial AdvisoryFinancial services
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DO THE SUMS ADD UP? A LOOK AT CHARGING STRATEGIES IN THE ROUND
Advisory investment services are becoming increasingly costly for banks to offer, prompting many to move assets away from this service and into discretionary mandates or pulling out of this offering altogether. Delegates discussed their experiences with the advisory proposition in terms of regulatory implications and also their clients’ perspectives.
15 November 2018A Meeting of Minds Wealth Management and Private Banking - November 2018
Advisory investment servicesUHNWIWealth Management and Private Banking
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Buying, selling, building or retiring – you need a plan! October 2018
It is likely that you are all so busy coping with the day to day that your next step is little more than a pipe dream. So maybe this is a good time to sit back and think about writing that Plan. This is really a game of two halves! There is the conversation around buying and building and then the conversation around selling and retiring.
A Meeting of Minds Winning Advisers - October 2018
AdviceAdvisory investment servicesCultureFinancial Advisory
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Powering Your Business – placing the adviser at the heart of the value chain
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that most of our delegates (71% in fact) use an in-house CIP approach for their investment portfolios; followed by 38% using a third party CIP approach, but maybe it is time to have a good look at all the options out there.
A Meeting of Minds Winning Advisers - October 2018
Advisory investment servicesArtificial IntelligenceData ScienceEngagementExperienceFinancial AdvisoryManagement InformationRiskTrends
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Preparing for growth: What can we learn from global high growth advisory firms?
The Advisor Benchmark study aims to understand global best practices in financial advice around the world, to help firms deliver better services and outcomes for clients. Leveraging data from the 2018 Benchmark study of over 1,300 advisory firms, this session discussed findings that relate to the characteristics of higher growth firms, relative to their lower growth peers.
A Meeting of Minds Winning Advisers - October 2018
AdviceAdvisory investment servicesCultureExperienceFinancial AdvisoryManagement InformationRetentionRiskTrainingTrends
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The future of pensions
Few prepare for the unexpected but experience shows perhaps we should... Yesterday’s promises are increasingly expensive: the National Insurance Fund is predicted to breach its funding solution by 2032, but reforms have tended to be piecemeal and lacking in a clearly agreed long term objective. Customer experience in current retirement solutions is neither easy nor convenient and does not engage customers or equip them to make informed decisions. From buy outs and longevity, to member options and super funds, we look at how the pension landscape is changing. Technology in the retirement industry lags behind other sectors and the pressure to keep up with ongoing regulatory change has constrained innovation to create more affordable and sustainable solutions. What will pensions and savings policy look like for future generations? Will pensions even exist? “Doing nothing” is no longer an option and eventual collapse is inevitable without major reform.* *(Source: EY report – The future of retirement – A vision for pensions delivery.)
A Meeting of Minds Winning Advisers - October 2018
Advisory investment servicesAlternativesBehavioursDataEmerging MarketsFinancial AdvisoryTrends
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The Future of Platforms
With platforms being a market that has seen significant growth in the last five years, doubling from £250bn to £500bn assets under administration (AUA), with more customers than ever deciding to use a platform to manage their money, what do we think about the FCA's proposed remedies to improve competition? Is it encouraging that the FCA has recognised the important role of platforms in the value chain? How can the market truly deliver the benefits it is intended to provide? What do you want from a platform – a transactional hands-off relationship or a long-term, deeper relationship with a business that can offer practice management support for the growth of your business for the benefit of your client? Platforms hold a huge amount of data on fund flows, contribution levels, withdrawals, dividend reinvestment, cash management etc – and are uniquely placed to see trends across clients at an aggregate level across all advisers within your business, all advisers in your region and across all advisers using the platform –in total – what value might this platform insight be of to you as a business owner and for your advisers and paraplanners?
A Meeting of Minds Winning Advisers - October 2018
AdviceAdvisory investment servicesArtificial IntelligenceDigitalEngagementExperienceFinancial AdvisoryMobileTrends