In January 2011 we launched the adviser confidence barometer with the aim of gauging how advisers were feeling about the economy and about certain key topics, such as the RDR, regulation and other industry developments.
It is great that so many of you have taken the time to complete the survey, in some quarters the response rate topped 1,700, helping make the results a meaningful reflection of the adviser community. Over the last year, we have gathered some interesting results. At the end of each quarter the key economic drivers were captured in PDF, which you can access to the left of this page. Shown below are some of the key headlines and the quarter by quarter trend data below: