Canada’s financial services sector is in the midst of adapting to significant changes, including the rise of robo-advisors and the growing regulatory complexities of working with an aging clientele. Thus, advisors surveyed for Investment Executive‘s 2016 Report Card series are thinking carefully about the support they need from their firms to meet these new realities.
August 26, 2016Finding the categories in which firms are succeeding and those in which firms could improve is at the heart of Investment Executive's (IE) Report Card series
Pablo Fuchs, senior editor with Investment Executive, and Fiona Collie, staff writer, discuss the key trends emerging from this year’s Report Card series. Most notably, advisors and their firms are responding to significant changes relating to technology, demographics and regulation
As regulators increase their focus on elderly clients, financial services firms of all descriptions are working diligently to provide products, services and staff training suited to help advisors take care of the needs of their aging clients
Firms and advisors face challenges relating to major technological changes, demographic issues and increased regulatory oversight. How are they responding?
Advisors are growing their businesses by embracing modern mobile technology and social media
The percentage of advisors who create financial plans for clients and the percentage of clients with a financial plan are rising
As the regulatory environment in the financial services sector continues to evolve, keeping up with a steadily growing list of compliance responsibilities is a major challenge for financial advisors
The average age of the financial advisors surveyed for Investment Executive's annual Report Card series has been rising over the course of this decade
Financial advisors surveyed for Investment Executive's 2016 Report Card series don't consider the emergence of robo-advisors anything to fret about
How advisors feel about their firms overall is evident in the ratings for two specific categories
This Report Card summarizes data from each of the Brokerage, Dealers' and Bank reports, looking at the trends across the financial advice industry
This year's research reveals how well the Big Six are meeting branch advisors' need for coaching, fair pay and effective tools
Advisor satisfaction across most of the 11 full-service and mutual fund dealers in the Report Card has held steady or improved compared with 2023
The Report Card, which has been published for more than 30 years, explores the concerns and needs of investment advisors in Canada as their firms…