{"id":30439,"date":"2025-06-17T12:16:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T11:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/2025\/06\/17\/four-in-five-clients-see-financial-advice-as-value-for-money\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T15:15:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:15:07","slug":"four-in-five-clients-see-financial-advice-as-value-for-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/2025\/06\/17\/four-in-five-clients-see-financial-advice-as-value-for-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Four in five clients see financial advice as \u2018value for money\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-table\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>82% of advised investors believe they get good value from financial advice, up 10% from last year&nbsp;<\/td><td>96% of advised clients value their adviser\u2019s accessibility, especially during market volatility&nbsp;<\/td><td>Long-term market confidence is higher among advised investors, showing the benefits of expert financial guidance&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>People with a financial adviser are more optimistic about their financial future. That\u2019s one of the key findings of a recent Investor Confidence Barometer<sup>1<\/sup>. Four in five people (82%) said they get \u2018<em>value for money\u2019<\/em> from their adviser, a 10% increase on 2023\u2019s survey. Investors said they also feel more confident knowing their financial adviser is available in difficult times, with 96% of advised clients valuing accessibility as much as portfolio performance.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>Advisers are more optimistic about the long-term performance of equities than investors, with this confidence rubbing off on their clients. Over five years, 89% of advisers expect markets to rise, compared to 63% of advised investors and 57% of those without advice. Over ten years, 91% of advisers are predicting market growth, versus 68% of advised and 57% of non-advised investors. Greater optimism among advised investors suggests financial advice and long-term planning builds confidence in their future wealth prospects.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>Ross Easton, Head of Platform Proposition at Scottish Widows, said, \u201c<em>This survey emphasises the difference that advisers make for their clients, especially when it comes to guiding them through times of market volatility. Our Barometer has consistently found that advised clients are more confident than non-advised investors, setting them up to benefit from market corrections and recoveries when others are more cautious.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><sup>1<\/sup>Scottish Widows, 2025&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>The value of investments can go down as well as up and you may not get back the full amount you invested. The past is not a guide to future performance and past performance may not necessarily be repeated. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) does not regulate Will writing, tax and trust advice and certain forms of estate planning.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>82% of advised investors believe they get good value from financial advice, up 10% from last year&nbsp; 96% of advised clients value their adviser\u2019s accessibility, especially during market volatility&nbsp; Long-term market confidence is higher among advised investors, showing the benefits of expert financial guidance&nbsp; People with a financial adviser are more optimistic about their financial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":30441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,89],"tags":[],"hd_content_source":[116],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30439"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30495,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30439\/revisions\/30495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30439"},{"taxonomy":"hd_content_source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hd_content_source?post=30439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}