Netwealth IQ Report

Modern advice, built on legacy: lessons from the UK

Overview

From the outside, UK financial advice seems traditional, but it is one of the world's most established advice markets: an early adopter of outcomes-based regulation, a centre of fintech innovation, and home to bold ideas about the profession's future.

 

This report presents insights from the 2026 Netwealth Study Tour in the UK, where we gathered some of the UK most successful and respected advisers, regulators, behavioural finance experts, global asset managers, and fintech innovators. Together, they revealed how the UK's leading firms modernise on their own terms, preserving the fundamentals of good advice while reinventing delivery.

 

What’s inside:

 

  • Futureproofing your operating model: staying relevant, compliant and scalable, and preparing the business for a clean, well-timed exit
  • The human edge: team culture, conviction and the changing skillsets your team needs next
  • Technology as augmentation, not replacement: AI as genuine decision support, and fintech reshaping the client relationship
  • Diversifying for today's landscape: building broader, more resilient portfolios beyond the traditional 60/40

 

Whether you're looking to modernise your model, future-proof your team, or build the firm your clients increasingly expect, this report will challenge your thinking and spark new ideas.

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