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Ben Hammond: Financial advice has an integration problem

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By Ben Hammond
| Money Marketing Verified
Financial services has always had a habit of chasing the next shiny new thing. Right now it’s AI, and before that client portals, robo/hybrid, digital onboarding… the list goes on. Each wave arrives with the same promise: this will change everything. But if you speak to firms in more detail, the reality feels very different: they often don’t have a technology deficit, they have a usability problem. Until we’re more honest about that, we’ll keep trying to solve the wrong issue.
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Ben Hammond: In financial services, do you get what you pay for?

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By Ben Hammond
| Money Marketing Verified
There’s a phrase that often gets wheeled out when something disappoints or mysteriously stops working just when you need it most: “You get what you pay for.” It is usually delivered with a sarcastic undertone, a raised eyebrow and the clear implication that somewhere along the line, someone has not fully thought things through — or perhaps tried to save a bit of cash to keep procurement happy. Financial services is perhaps the best example of this, because the industry is obsessed with cost.
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Corbel Partners completes seven IFA acquisitions in Q1

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By Momodou Musa Touray Verified, Ben Hammond, Kimberley Dondo
| Money Marketing Verified
Corbel Partners has completed the acquisitions of seven advice businesses in the first quarter of this year. The financial advice network said six of the seven acquisitions were from its internal market. The network launched its internal buyout proposition in 2023, which guarantees a route to retirement and locks in a smooth transition for the acquired firm’s clients.
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