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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Client profiling is not a game. What should we be measuring?
Expert: Louis Williams Dynamic Planner Facilitator: Brod Whiting
24 November 2023A Meeting of Minds Advisory Distributors - November 2022
Cash flowEngagementFCAFinancial AdvisoryFintechYour clients
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Financial Wellness. Good advice, positive behaviours or both?
Experts: Carolyn Weir, Fidelity Adviser Services and Alina Burlacu, AB Personal Performance Coaching Facilitator: Richard Parkin, Founder, Richard Parkin Consulting
24 November 2022A Meeting of Minds Advisory Distributors - November 2022
EngagementFinancial AdvisoryFinancial servicesGoals-based planningManagementRelationships
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AI based planning, the emperor's new clothes or the real deal?
Expert: Samantha Christopher - Head of Proposition, Strategy, Growth, Fidelity Adviser Solutions Facilitator: Paul Miles, Silverback Consultancy (substituted because of illness by Steve Boucher, Fidelity)
23 June 2022A Meeting of Minds Advisory Distributors - June 2022
AIClient ExperienceDataEngagementFinancial AdvisoryIntergenerationalTechnology
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COMPANY ENGAGEMENT – GREENWASHING?
Expert: Sora Utzinger, Head of ESG Research, Aviva Investors and Facilitator Mandy Kirby, City Hive Network
24 June 2021A Meeting of Minds - Advisory Distributors - 24 June 2021
ClientEngagementEnvironmentalESGFinancial AdvisorygovernanceGreenwashingvalue
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On the basis that you should never "let a good crisis go to waste", the best opportunity to really demonstrate your value is at a time of market uphea
On the basis that you should never "let a good crisis go to waste", the best opportunity to really demonstrate your value is at a time of market upheaval so did you provide value for money? Both the FCA and your clients want to know.
17 September 2020A Meeting of Minds - Advisory Distributors - 17 September 2020
Back OfficecostCOVIDDigitalEngagementFinancial AdvisoryTechnology
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Who is the CEO of your business?
27 November 2018A Meeting of Minds Advisory Distributors - November 2018
AdviceBehavioursEngagementFinancial Advisory
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Achieving your expected growth rate. Identifying the business activities which yield results
Leveraging data from two major studies commissioned by Dimensional in 2017, participants will take part in focused discussions covering the actions that global advisory firms are taking to achieve their expected revenue growth now and in the future. Drawing on the study results of 1,300 global advisory firms, and 19,000 advisory firm clients, the discussion will cover business development and the marketing practices that firms report they undertake, and which of these activities yields results.
A Meeting of Minds Advisory Distributors - June 2018
Data ScienceDigitalEngagementFinancial AdvisoryJourneyManagement InformationRecruitmentRetentionTraining
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AI - is it you or the algorithm?
Artificial intelligence is making rapid inroads into financial services. We are already seeing algorithms taking over the more basic levels of financial advice and they will increasingly be moving up the food-chain, from specific tasks, such as asset allocation, to fully-fledged turnkey solutions. How should client-facing firms adapt to the new model?
A Meeting of Minds Advisory Distributors - June 2018
Artificial IntelligenceBehavioursBrandDigitalEngagementExperienceFinancial AdvisoryOutsourcingSegementationTrainingTrends
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Connecting and influencing - What can we learn from the USA?
Connecting and influencing - What can we learn from the USA?
A Meeting of Minds - Advisory Distributors - 26 November 2020
AdviceClientCommunicationCOVIDEngagementESGFamilyFinancial AdvisoryIntergenerationalOpen BankingYour business
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Intergenerational Wealth Planning
Many reasons such as DB transfers, property and longer life expectancy, mean that £5.5 trillion* will move hands in the UK between now and 2055. Savvy advisers need to start thinking today about how this shift in assets will affect their clients and their bottom line.
A Meeting of Minds Advisory Distributors - June 2018
AlternativesBehavioursEngagementEquitiesExperienceFinancial AdvisoryReputationalTrends
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The future of advice in the UK
With increased regulatory demands, new agile technologies, a generational shift in consumer behaviour and an unprecedented transfer of wealth beginning, what does a future advice business look like to become sustainable?
A Meeting of Minds Advisory Distributors - June 2018
AlternativesBrandCultureDigitalEngagementExperienceFinancial AdvisoryJourneyMobileReputationalRiskSocial Media
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Time for an update on M&A activity
This session looked at the key deal considerations and the sort of values firms are achieving.
A Meeting of Minds Advisory Distributors - June 2018
BehavioursBrandCultureEngagementFinancial AdvisoryM&AMIFIDII