Five things clients will call you about this week

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It's our round-up of the stories your clients may have read in the national newspapers over the weekend...

IFA fees An interesting look at how much consumers would be willing to pay for financial advice post-RDR appeared in the Daily Mail at the weekend. Looking at various surveys of advisers and consumers, there appears to be a wide range in what is perceived to be an ‘acceptable' fee and the paper once again predicted an ‘advice apartheid'. Value of advice If that analysis of advisory fees was not enough, the Mail on Sunday went seriously big on the value of a financial adviser, looking at some case studies and the relationships between intermediaries and their clients. Although it didn...

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