Most IFAs believe the Financial Services Compensation Scheme's decision to keep the levy high for their contribution group is "outrageous", according to IFAonline's latest industry straw poll.
The FSCS’s Plan and Budget 2007/08 reveals the A13 contribution group – brokers not holding client money – will face a total levy of £42m in 2007/08 compared with £47.1m in 2006/07. Loretta Minghella, chief executive of the FSCS, says the levy remains at a high level because the organisation expects to receive continued high levels of endowment claims. But 79 (54%) of the 147 people who responded to an IFAonline straw poll asking what they though about the decision said it was “outrageous”. A further 56 (38%) said the decision was “typical of a regulatory body”, while eight (5%) thoug...
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