Axa Wealth has launched a new financial advice service for Co-operative's retail banking customers.
The partnership will deploy 265 advisers across the branch network, providing Co-op's five million retail customers with access to financial advice and an investment, pension and protection product range. The new team will transfer some roles from the existing Co-op business, with a significant number of new roles offered to Co-op's staff, Axa said. It will be backed by a bespoke version of Axa Wealth's wrap platform Elevate. Co-op's customers will have access to a tailored fund range - including ethical funds - designed by Architas, Axa Investment Managers and Co-operative Insuran...
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