Integrated Technology Saves Advisors Five Weeks Of Work A Year, Survey Says Hot
This particular research was commissioned by an integrated advisor technology firm, so its aim is pretty clear. But the specifics Aite uncovered are pretty breathtaking:
* Barely 50% of all the applications advisors use every day talk to each other.
* Principals spend two full days a week on operational tasks if their software is not integrated. With an integrated platform, the grunt work is cut in half.
* Support staff spend three times as much time on data entry and other operational tasks. That makes sense, because they're on the operational side of the business -- but they could still be a lot more efficient.
* Integrating the technology saves an average of five weeks of work per employee per year that could otherwise be spent prospecting, talking to existing clients, or other mission-critical tasks.
* Firms with between $100 million and $500 million in AUM save an average of 114 worker days per year.