Technology is an opportunity for advisers, not a threat

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Technology is helping more people access investment services more easily and at lower costs than before. This can only be good news and presents numerous opportunities – for both clients and providers. It should therefore be seen as an opportunity for the wealth management sector, rather than a threat.

Lawrence Cook is director of marketing and business development at Thesis.