In this article, Julie Best argues that soft skills are the new power skills. Research by NextWealth for FundsNetwork found that 97% of advisers say that soft skills are essential or important to financial planning and they have grown in importance in the current pandemic.

You can read Julie’s article by clicking below.

The Skills of the Modern Financial Planner report that we did for FundsNetwork can be downloaded here.

About the Author

Heather is a data and research expert specialising in retail investment distribution. Heather is the Managing Director and Founder of NextWealth. She is also a Director of Clive Waller Consulting Ltd and serves as Vice-Chair of The Investment Network and the Schroders UK Platform Awards.