RP Poll: Should simplified advice be commission based?

Simplified advice and commission

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In this week's RP Poll we ask readers whether commission should be brought back in a limited form…

The question comes after IFA Sheriar Bradbury mooted the idea of a return to commission in a limited form when giving simplified advice. Bradbury, managing director of City-based IFA Bradbury Hamilton, said the country's growing advice gap could be closed through widespread access to simplified advice, supplied by lower qualified advisers paid on a commission basis. He said a return to commission could be limited to selected suite of "fairly basic" products. To share your views on whether simplified advice should be commission based VOTE HERE. Last week's poll gauged opinion on ...

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