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Heather Hopkins
Managing Director & Founder
In a career spanning Toronto, Boston, Tokyo and London, Heather Hopkins is a data and research expert specialising in the UK financial adviser and retail wealth management markets. Heather is the Managing Director and Founder of NextWealth. She is also on the board of the Mercantile Investment Trust and Orbis Investments UK.
Outside of work, she spends time with her family and tries not to dunk into the river Thames as she learns to scull.
All posts by Heather Hopkins
Bigger is better, might makes right, size matters, scale is king
Bigger is better, might makes right, size matters, scale is king. The flurry of M&A activity across the retail-investing supply chain in 2019 could easily lead one to the conclusion that heft is the way forward in retail investing.
Tech spend: is it worth it?
We launched the NextWealth Directory because we want to support advice businesses in conquering your tech stack, to help firms thrive in challenging times.
The DFM dilemma: Is agent as client putting the risk on advisers?
Heather Hopkins' article on the 'The DFM dilemma: Is agent as client putting the risk on advisers?' has been published in Money Marketing.
Good news for Timeline and Transact users
Timeline Retirement Income Software announces data integration with Transact. We refer often to the quote made to us by the head of a financial planning firm who described her technology infrastructure as a ‘messy ball of string’.
MPS Proposition Comparison Report
NextWealth have published its MPS Proposition Comparison report, providing assets, pricing and a profile of 18 of the leading propositions whilst reporting on key issues affecting discretionary managed MPS.
Financial Advice Business Benchmarking
NextWealth and the PFS have joined forces to publish a report on Adviser Business Benchmarks. The report is free to download here.
Talking Tech with Alan Smith, CEO of Capital Asset Management
Alan Smith runs a boutique wealth advisory firm in Central London, catering primarily to professionals from the tech, media and creative industries. A tech-savvy client base however doesn’t translate to demand for the latest, slickest, tech solutions…