Insights
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Financial crime remains a key pressure point in financial services. Jordan Forbes explores how AML, sanctions, scrutiny and operating model pressure are shaping hiring across compliance, legal and risk.
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AI is moving from innovation topic to governance issue. Jordan Forbes explores how accountability, data, risk and control are shaping hiring across legal, compliance and financial services.
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Operational resilience is no longer just a regulatory topic. Jordan Forbes explores how resilience, third-party risk and accountability are becoming live delivery and hiring issues across financial services.
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Regulatory pressure in financial services is shifting from horizon scanning to execution. Jordan Forbes explores how delivery challenges, AI governance and overlapping change programmes are reshaping hiring across legal, compliance, risk and data.
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New data shows pensions actuaries are achieving 25%+ salary increases when moving roles. Yasmin Andrews explores why pay drives decisions — and the hidden cost of staying put in today’s actuarial market.
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Watch Episode 1 of The 1% Club as Ann-Marie Atkins shares how top 1% financial planners win clients, build reputation and drive exceptional growth.
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The BWD Financial Planner Earnings & Benefits Census has been featured in FT Adviser, highlighting key insights into adviser earnings and remuneration trends across the UK financial planning market.
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Discover why Financial Planners take part in the BWD Financial Planner Earnings & Benefits Census each year, from benchmarking remuneration to gaining early access to one of the UK’s most trusted adviser salary reports.
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Independent, anonymous questionnaire for UK Financial Advisers and Planners providing trusted insight into earnings, bonuses, and benefits for the 2025/26 financial year.
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An in-depth recruitment perspective on the £25bn DC Master Trust debate, exploring VFM, decumulation duties, CDC innovation and how 2026 regulation is reshaping DC pensions hiring and in-house talent strategies.
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James Woods explores why Financial Planners stay put for the long term, examining culture, leadership and reward structures, and what genuine career longevity looks like in financial planning firms.
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James Woods reflects on retirement, the FIRE movement and whether stepping away from work truly delivers fulfilment, after seeing advisers and business owners return to the industry sooner than expected.
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The BWD Census: a trusted benchmark for earnings, bonuses, and benefits across the UK financial planning market.
For over a decade, the BWD Census has provided a trusted, independent view of adviser remuneration. Our independent survey gathered data from 300 Financial Advisers and Financial Planners across the UK, all completed via an online, confidential questionnaire.
This year’s edition focuses exclusively on the financial planning market, exploring how earnings vary by experience, firm type, and location, how packages and bonus structures are evolving, and the wider factors influencing pay across the profession.
