The Change Curve Podcast is delighted to have a chat with Nick Eatock, CEO of intelliflo as the first of a series of guest podcasts.

Nick, Chris Baigent-Reed and Helen Clark discuss intelliflo's market success to date, the tech revolution including AI and innovation developments within both intelliflo and the industry, how intelliflo and their partners are supporting Adviser firms including the latest FCA data requests.

All Adviser firms are facing technology disruption and intelliflo are very well-placed to continue to support their customers through this journey.

This episode was recorded live at Octo Members Progressive Planning 2025 event in February 2025. It explores why people are not embracing AI and the challenges and opportunities this presents.

This episode is also available as a video which can be found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2VDK6QLmoE

Chris Pitt, Helen Clark, Chris Baigent-Reed and Paul Miles discuss the size and shape of the current Adviser Market, based on Chris Pitt's research paper, published by Jigsaw Tree which can be found https://www.jigsawtree.com/post/the-size-and-structure-of-the-ukfinancial-advice-market-2024

Research found that in 2024 there were around 11,500 firms across the industry including Directly Authorised and Appointed Representatives and around 37,000 Advisers, concluding that the market is larger than statistics reported.

The group discusses the size and current and future state of this market focusing on the potential impact of technology, consolidation and regulatory change. It includes some interesting predictions regarding how we see the market will change over the coming years and one to watch.