The Society of Financial Advisers' (Sofa) intermediary search facility has registered a 22% increas...
The Society of Financial Advisers' (Sofa) intermediary search facility has registered a 22% increase in searches this year, indicating growing demand for more highly qualified advisers. Between January and October 2002, the online search engine, www.sofa.co.uk, which only lists advisers who have completed their Advanced Financial Planning Certificate (AFPC), performed 33,148 searches, some weeks registering up to 1,400. Sofa spokesman Adrian Senior said there has also been an increase in the number of telephone requests for advisers with the G60 pensions qualification. The incre...
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