The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has quashed suggestions it might merge with...
The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has quashed suggestions it might merge with IFA professional bodies in the future because of pressure to consolidate activities. Speculation of a possible merger between the AIFA and financial adviser-based professional bodies - the IFP, LIA and SOFA - was the result of a seminar at the three-day PIMS conference on the Oriana cruise ship earlier this week. Comments made by Paul Smee, director general of the AIFA, during the "Wind of Change" seminar confirmed his belief that the professional bodies might have to consider merg...
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