How to find joy in difficult times

by Leila Thomas, CEO and Founder, Urban Synergy Happy International Women’s Day? I’m never quite sure if this is a day to celebrate or commiserate. As we inch towards a more equitable society, ONS figures show that women still earn 7.7% less than men, and according to research by the Runnymede Trust* for Black Caribbean […]

International Women’s Day 2024 #InspireInclusion – What does it mean to 3 people at Dynamic Planner?

With 45% of team members at Dynamic Planner being women, we are truly inspiring inclusion. For International Women’s Day 2024, we asked three women what embracing equity means to them. This is what they said. Kate Gower, Product Owner “At Dynamic Planner, International Women’s Day isn’t just a celebration, it’s a daily practice. From promoting […]

The digital future of financial planning

By Ben Goss Back in the late 1990s, I left my job to found an internet startup. I remember the sense of possibility at that time, the expectation that everything would change. And, 25 years on, so it has proved. From banking to buying car insurance to planning a holiday, we do everything online, and […]

We’ve built the digital future of financial planning, for the advice industry to use today

Published 5th March Speaking to over 700 financial planning professionals at the 12th annual Conference for Dynamic Planner, the UK’s leading risk based financial planning system, CEO Ben Goss said: “We live in the most extraordinary of times, the speed of change is unprecedented, and technology is driving this transformation. “In the advice industry, we […]

Dynamic Planner to launch Tram™ – a brand new digital customer engagement app for the financial planning industry.

Published 5th March Dynamic Planner, the UK’s leading risk based financial planning system, has launched ‘Tram™’, a brand-new digital engagement app white labelled to financial planning organisations and designed to keep customers engaged with their financial plan like never before. Powered by Dynamic Planner, Tram™ – keeping your financial plan on track – does the […]

News from the Dynamic Planner Investment Committee

The Dynamic Planner Investment Committee (IC) met on Tuesday 23 January, coincidentally called ‘Super Tuesday’ in the US state of New Hampshire, where the race for the White House began with primary elections for the Republican party nomination. In fact, elections are expected to cover around 60% of world GDP over the course of 2024, […]

Is it time to reconsider traditional portfolio constructions in a higher inflation regime?

By Dorian Raimond, Head of Fixed Income Strategy and Trading, Hilbert Investment Solutions As we have entered a new regime of higher inflation and higher yields, decades-old templates of portfolio construction might be worth reconsidering. Bonds yields have become more attractive again, while the product seems to have lost some of its diversification appeal. Could […]

Dynamic Planner strengthens data analytics expertise to support development of data and analytics services

Dynamic Planner, the UK’s leading risk based financial planning system, has boosted its data analytics offering with two Data Engineer appointments. Saranya Vadrevu and Rohan Nandi have joined Dynamic Planner’s Data and Analytics Team led by Business Intelligence Manager, Abhishek Vethanayagam. Together they will drive data-led decision making and provide advanced analytics solutions across strategic […]

Registrations now open for 12th annual Dynamic Planner Conference

Dynamic Planner, the UK’s leading risk based financial planning system has opened registrations for its 12th annual Conference on 5th March at 22 Bishopsgate in the City of London. This year’s ‘Scaling Success’ themed event, will see hundreds of financial planning professionals attend to hear how they can scale advice businesses through leading, end-to-end technology; […]

Dynamic Planner launches Single Strategy Mapped Service

Dynamic Planner, the UK’s leading risk based financial planning system, has launched a pioneering approach to single strategy fund mapping. Available from today, Dynamic Planner’s Single Strategy Mapped Service is designed to assist the advice industry in making the most accurately informed decisions when it comes to single strategy fund selection. The Single Strategy Mapped Service […]

Low code integrations with Dynamic Planner – A simple, new path to greater efficiency

A new low code integration platform now enables your firm to integrate Dynamic Planner with other systems you use to manage your client relationships. Compared to Open API, low code integration provides an even simpler way to integrate technology, managing much of the complexity of mapping your client data. What does it do? Initially, Dynamic […]

2024 Markets outlook. With Dynamic Planner Chief Investment Strategist Abhi Chatterjee

It is that time of the year when we, as market watchers, pull out our crystal balls. Just as we dust ourselves off from the past year, we look to the one ahead, either with anticipation or trepidation. Taking a moment to look back, it has been an extraordinary year – from the tremendous gains […]

Regulation 2023’s ‘No 1 headache’ but 9 in 10 firms confident Consumer Duty outcomes met, reveals Spotlight Report

In what has been a challenging year from both an economic and regulatory perspective, resilient advice firms are embracing change and looking to the future, reveals new research from Dynamic Planner, the UK’s leading risk based financial planning system. Published today, Dynamic Planner’s third annual Spotlight Report ‘Resilient and Embracing Opportunity: The financial advice landscape […]

A tactical approach to volatility

By Newton Investment Management Against a backdrop of volatility and macroeconomic uncertainty, investors might be wary about the future. Here, Newton multi-asset chief investment officer Mitesh Sheth and FutureLegacy portfolio manager Lale Akoner outline what they think makes a robust multi-asset portfolio in the current environment. We have entered a market regime characterised by deglobalisation, […]

Investors with strong risk appetite place less importance on sustainability, finds Dynamic Planner

Dynamic Planner, the UK’s leading risk based financial planning system, has analysed the data* of almost 17,500 advised investors views on the importance of sustainability. As COP 28 gets underway, Dynamic Planner has found that while investing sustainably remains an important factor, as willingness to take risk increases the importance of sustainability reduces. The analysis […]

To unitise, or not to unitise? That is the question

By Minerva Fund Management Solutions For a number of years, financial advisory firms have operated in an environment that is ever changing and bringing increased challenges to their business model. One challenge is managing a range of client portfolios across a range of clients and asset classes. As a financial advisory firm, it is an […]

Dynamic Planner now risk profiles F&C Investment Trust

Dynamic Planner, the UK’s leading risk based financial planning system, is now risk profiling the world’s oldest collective investment fund, F&C Investment Trust. Launched in 1868, F&C Investment Trust Plc is managed by Columbia Threadneedle Investments with Head of Asset Allocation (EMEA), Paul Niven, being the Trust’s Fund Manager. It is a constituent of the […]

Update from the Dynamic Planner Investment Committee – Q4 2023

The Dynamic Planner Investment Committee met on 23 October and reflected on the implications of the global stagflation environment, with negative earnings growth, persistently high inflation and Central Banks unlikely to pivot to significantly cutting interest rates anytime soon, for fear of inflation spiralling out of control again. Many developed economies, particularly in the case […]

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