The road ahead

In an era of inevitable preoccupation with regulation, plus great uncertainty about the future generally, what changes lie ahead for brokers? Nicolle Farthing and Richard Adams look at the shape of things to come

Oliver Laughton-Scott, managing principal and founder of IMAS Corporate Advisors, points to continuing innovations in technology as a major factor that has and will continue to bring great change to the industry. "We live in a technological world where the ever-lower costs of using the telephone, credit cards and interactive computer systems led to the direct revolution. The web has been an enormous factor behind the success of Tesco entering the market as a branded supplier, for example."

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