Shift 01
The standard is changing.
Are you proving process, or proving outcomes?
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2026
THE NEXT STANDARD OF ADVICE
Good advice is changing.
So is what it takes to build a good advice business.
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PROpulsion Ascend 2026
GOOD ADVICE ISN'T STANDING STILL.
Neither are your clients, your technology, your business, your team or your profession. Ascend is about what good needs to look like next, and what we should start changing now.
FIVE SHIFTS. ONE NEXT STANDARD.
Five big conversations shaping the future of financial advice and advice businesses.
Shift 02
The way we work is changing.
AI should do more than save time.
Shift 03
The advice business must change.
More work isn't a growth strategy.
Shift 04
The client relationship must change.
You won the client. Have you won the family?
Shift 05
The profession must change.
Who will deliver the next standard of advice?
10 KEYNOTES. ONE CONNECTED STORY.
The programme is built to move through one connected conversation about what good advice needs to look like next.
5
Main Keynotes
Five deeper conversations tackling the big shifts shaping advice, advice businesses, clients and the profession.
30 minutes each
+
5
Mini Keynotes
Five short, sharp perspectives that add another practical idea, challenge, example or point of view to the programme.
10 minutes each
One question runs through all of it
WHAT DOES
GOOD
LOOK LIKE NEXT?
Ascend 2026
LEAVE ASKING BETTER QUESTIONS.
The aim isn't simply to give you more information. It's to change the questions you take back into your practice.
Instead of asking
Which AI tool should I buy?
Ask
What should technology allow my people to do better?
Instead of asking
Are we compliant?
Ask
Can we demonstrate the value and outcomes our clients receive?
Instead of asking
How do we squeeze more work into the day?
Ask
Is our business designed to create capacity?
Instead of asking
Who inherits the assets?
Ask
Who inherits the relationship?
Instead of asking
Where will we find more advisers?
Ask
Are we building careers people want to stay in?
Better questions lead to
better decisions.
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CAN'T WATCH EVERY SESSION LIVE?
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Weeks
Recordings will remain available for three weeks after the event.
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for CPD
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PROpulsion Ascend 2026
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PROpulsion Ascend 2026
WHAT GOT US HERE WON'T GET US THERE.
The next standard of advice starts now. Join us for one morning of ideas, questions and conversations designed to raise the bar for financial planning and advice.
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