Role remains for asset consultants: Trafford-Walker
Forecasts predicting the demise of asset consultants in recent years are wide of the mark, a leading investment consultant says.
Speaking after Frontier Advisory was recognises as the leading innovator amongst investment consultants globally, for its Partner Platform, at the CIO Industry Innovation Awards in New York, Frontier's director of consulting, Fiona Trafford-Walker, said consumers backed the need for asset consultants, despite reports of their demise.
"In the last five or so years, people have forecast the demise of asset consultants, but talking to other consultants and investors from around the world the need for, and role of, consultants is as strong as ever," she said.
"That role just needs to evolve with the market… Consulting has always been about the calibre of people and the integrity and rigour of your processes.
"But now it's also about providing access to your thinking, collaborating on ideas with your clients, and providing sophisticated but simple to use technology."
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Nicholas O'Donoghue
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