Polls Archive

Is your advice practice most likely to recruit additional risk-focused advisers in 2012?
  • No (56%)
  • Yes (38%)
  • Not sure (6%)
Start Date: February 8, 2012 @ 8:32 am
End Date: February 29, 2012 @ 9:51 am
Are you more concerned with the nature of the proposed FoFA reforms or with the timing of their implementation?
  • Equally concerned with content and timing (60%)
  • Mostly concerned with the content (32%)
  • Mostly concerned with the timing (4%)
  • Generally ok with both content and timing (3%)
  • Still not sure (1%)
Start Date: January 25, 2012 @ 10:35 am
End Date: February 8, 2012 @ 8:31 am
What single issue will have the biggest impact (positive or negative) on the profitability of your advice practice in 2012?
  • Implementation of opt-in processes (43%)
  • State of the national economy (21%)
  • Transitioning to a fee for advice model (18%)
  • Banning investment and super commissions (10%)
  • Other (5%)
  • Potential to continue to access volume bonus payments (3%)
  • Not sure (0%)
Start Date: January 9, 2012 @ 1:33 pm
End Date: January 25, 2012 @ 10:34 am
What should become the collective name for a group of financial advisers? (Select your top five choices)
  • A wealth of advisers (15%)
  • A portfolio of advisers (13%)
  • A trust of advisers (11%)
  • A platform of advisers (9%)
  • A conference of advisers (9%)
  • A solution of advisers (9%)
  • A statement of advisers (SoA) (8%)
  • A commission of advisers (8%)
  • A lobby of advisers (5%)
  • An opinion of advisers (5%)
  • An intelligence of advisers (5%)
  • A Ripoll of advisers (4%)
  • A promise of advisers (2%)
  • A fact find of advisers (0%)
Start Date: December 4, 2011 @ 3:20 pm
End Date: January 9, 2012 @ 1:32 pm
What is the most influential factor that determines the choice of your main insurance provider?
  • Underwriting service quality (34%)
  • Claims services, reputation (18%)
  • Product features (13%)
  • Personal relationship with insurer (12%)
  • Premium rates (9%)
  • BDM support (8%)
  • Other (2%)
  • Communications (2%)
  • Technology systems, support (1%)
  • Websites (1%)
  • Licensee preferred list (1%)
  • Institutional owner (0%)
Start Date: November 23, 2011 @ 10:52 am
End Date: December 4, 2011 @ 3:20 pm