{"id":50910,"date":"2020-07-07T17:54:07","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T07:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=50910"},"modified":"2020-07-07T17:55:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T07:55:28","slug":"have-bdms-stepped-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2020\/07\/07\/have-bdms-stepped-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Have BDMs Stepped-Up?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"polls-236\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t\t<div class=\"pollHeader\"><strong>Which of these statements most closely reflects the value of the services you have received from BDMs during the Covid-19 pandemic?<\/strong><\/div><div id=\"polls-236-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li>Service quality has fallen away <small>(59%)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 59%\" title=\"Service quality has fallen away (59% | 80 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>About the same <small>(22%)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 22%\" title=\"About the same (22% | 30 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>Generally better than it was before the pandemic <small>(15%)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 15%\" title=\"Generally better than it was before the pandemic (15% | 20 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>Not sure <small>(4%)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 4%\" title=\"Not sure (4% | 5 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_236_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"92756233c6\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Our latest poll is based around research revealing a disconnect between advisers and BDMs regarding the value that BDMs have provided to advisers during the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Read our report <a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2020\/07\/07\/advisers-bdms-out-of-step-in-perception-of-value-delivered\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> on the research findings released last week by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesshealth.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business Health<\/a>, which consider a range of elements that define the nature of the relationship between an adviser and their BDM as well as how that relationship is perceived through their sometimes differing perspectives.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50931\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50931\" style=\"width: 745px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2020\/07\/200707-Business-Health-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50931 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2020\/07\/200707-Business-Health-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"745\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2020\/07\/200707-Business-Health-3.png 745w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2020\/07\/200707-Business-Health-3-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2020\/07\/200707-Business-Health-3-696x385.png 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the infographic outputs from Business Health&#8217;s study of Insights into BDM engagement with Advisers during COVID19, which provides an example of how advisers and BDMs agree on some area but have quite a different take on others&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While advisers and BDMs agree on some areas, such as how they will communicate with each other in a post-pandemic world, there are other areas in which their views &#8211; or at least their perceptions &#8211; are at odds with each other, especially when it comes to the extent to which BDMs believe they have added significant value to advisers during the Covid-19 period.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re interested to now whether your own experience in dealing with BDMs during these strange times has been positive and affirming. Perhaps you&#8217;ve noticed little difference in the quality of the services and value provided to you by BDMs in these recent months or maybe you&#8217;ve been less than impressed.<\/p>\n<p>Tell us what you think and we&#8217;ll report back next week&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our latest poll is based around research revealing a disconnect between advisers and BDMs regarding the value that BDMs have provided to advisers during the Covid-19 pandemic. 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