Gillian Cardy goes through the top questions advisers have about independence versus restricted debate.
The questions that advisers often ask about being Independent tend to fall into groups around: clients process, and regulator. Do my clients really care whether I'm independent? Yes they do!! In independent research, when asked what advice services people wanted, almost all respondents rejected non-independent advice, mainly because they wanted advice across the whole market. One ‘mass affluent' client said "Why would you go to [a non-independent adviser] when you can go to somebody who will search the whole market?" For high net worth investors the concept...
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