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Technology will Save Financial Advice

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  • Daley Nat

    (Principal Financial Planner, Cruz Money, Melbourne, Australia)

  • Hunt Katherine

    (Lecturer in Financial Planning, Griffith Business School, Brisbane, Australia.)

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Advice provided by financial planners has the potential to impact the financial and emotional well-being of clients and is particularly important in a world struggling to deal with COVID-19. Despite the outcomes of quality financial planning relationships, there is little direct evidence to support the importance of technology in the financial planning setting, Previous research has emphasised the importance of technology in other fields, although not in relation to financial planning. This research investigates the impact of technology on financial advice value, measured in a survey of clients and financial planners regarding factors of technology, communication, trust, and investment returns. A questionnaire was developed based on previously validated scales. Ratings for the factors were compared between clients and financial planners, with financial planners found to underestimate their client’s confidence in their process, and also underestimate the importance of communication to clients, The results indicate that clients value investment returns above the financial planning relationship, and that financial planners value the relationship above investment returns, This research contributes to the financial planning and technology literature, provides a foundation for future research, and provides support for the importance of communication and technology in professional relationships such as in financial planning.

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Handle: RePEc:vrs:finprj:v:7:y:2021:i:1:p:23-42:n:1003
DOI: 10.2478/fprj-2021-0003
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