How to support your clients throughout market volatility

Investing is a long-term process that ideally happens over a lifetime

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Economic uncertainty can be a worrying time for investors, so spiking market volatility is likely to create an increased dependency on financial advice, writes Mick Deverell

With the impact of post-pandemic inflation being felt across the board and interest rates now resembling those last experienced in the 1980s, the market extremities of the last 15 months have created a spiral of confusion for investors. When markets are down and interest rates are high, it is only natural for clients to be pulled in by the current allure of savings accounts. Over the last two years, financial advisers across the board have witnessed 75% of clients increase their allocation into cash to take advantage of recent rate rises. Many have also announced their intention to inves...

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