Millennials place more value on advice than older investors - research

Younger HNW investors prepared to pay more than over-40s

Carmen Reichman
clock • 2 min read

The UK's 'Millennial' generation places some three times more value on advice than wealthy investors over 40, new research has found.

Legg Mason's Global Asset Management Survey found that, while 53% of those aged 18-39 were open to paying more than £150 per hour for advice, three-fifths of those aged 40 and above were not prepared to pay more than £50 for the service. The survey, which polled 5,000 high net worth investors around the world, found 60% of older UK investors placed "little or no value" on the services of investment advisers. Indeed, some two-fifths (39%) of those polled aged over 40 refused to pay anything at all for investment advice, the survey found. Of the remaining UK respondents, 37% indicated t...

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