Joining the advice profession during a pandemic

Finding new clients at any time in a financial adviser’s working life can be a challenge, but imagine having to do that at the beginning of your career, at the start of the lockdown last year.

This week, deputy features editor Ima Jackson-Obot talks to Emma Prince, an adviser at Quilter Financial Advisers, who previously worked in banking, and James Wallace from David James Wealth, a former pensions lawyer, about their first year as financial advisers - which happened to coincide with a global pandemic.

They discuss why they became financial advisers, how they transitioned into advising during 2020, how they built their client bases, despite not being able to meet clients face-to-face, and why they think a hybrid model of advice is the way forward.

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