Ben Goss

Speaking virtually to 1000 financial services professionals from across the UK at its 9th Annual Conference this morning, Dynamic Planner’s CEO Ben Goss praised the transformation of the financial planning profession over the last 12 months and claimed that advisers and clients who more fully embrace technology will better weather the challenges to come. He […]

A client whose financial adviser had relied upon performance scenarios required in a Key Information Document (KID) at the start of this year, may have been unprepared for this year’s coronavirus crisis. The same could also potentially be said if their adviser relied upon past performance of an IA sector to highlight potential returns in […]

The pandemic this year has impacted different sections of society in different ways. An example: research by Legal & General highlighted that 1.5m people could now delay retirement because of Covid-19 and its financial impacts. This year’s subsequent lockdown, demanding people spend extended time at home than they might otherwise, has further caused many to […]

Global appetite for environmental, social and governance concerns continues, of course, to grow – arguably exponentially. Governments and courts worldwide too are taking affirmative action. In February 2020, here in the UK, the Court of Appeal ruled that plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport were illegal, because they ran contrary to the government’s […]

Advising clients on income in retirement suddenly became even more challenging this year. The coronavirus has influenced not simply the way clients of financial advice firms think about their money, but also their short and long-term health too. It has been a time for advisers to closely support their clients and ensure they fully understand […]

At the heart of any successful business are great client relationships, which is why I want to share with you some of the amazing successes firms are having with Dynamic Planner – using it to take engagement with their clients to the next level, while removing huge amounts of time, cost and risk in the […]

In this blog our CEO Ben Goss outlines below what he believes will be the most transformative issues facing the advice industry in 2020. 1. Sustainability becomes part of the suitability conversation Addressing climate change is the most pressing need of our time. UK advisers, as gatekeepers to one of the largest investment pools in […]

Read time: 3min There is a perfect storm of three mega-trends currently impacting the world of financial services. Together, they create both challenges and opportunities for advice firms and the companies that serve them, as the bar is raised for the industry like never before.   Trend #1: Growing desire for consumer protection Consumer protection […]

Dynamic Planner’s CEO Ben Goss sets out below what he believes the next 12 months has in store for the advice industry. Advisers won’t need a crystal ball to know that 2019 is likely to start in a more challenging place for them and for their clients than 2018 did, but the advice industry earns […]

In the dark days pre-RDR, firms might ask whether a client was high, medium or low risk. If they gave the middle answer, the client would be prescribed a ‘balanced’ fund made up of a mix of asset types: cash, bonds, equities, and property. As with any population, most people fall in the middle of […]