IFA link-up with solicitors gets green light

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SIFA, the support group for IFAs who work with solicitors and accountants, has been given the go ahead by the Law Society for its on-line directory of professional IFAs.

The directory, which will be accessible via the Law Society website, is designed to help solicitors find financial advisers and build relationships, enabling them to strengthen their client proposition. David Seager, development director at SIFA, says the financial and legal industries are moving to a world where there is a need for more logical partnerships. He says the directory is the starting point for this, explaining solicitors can search for IFAs in a number of ways including via their specialities or location. The directory lists only fee-based IFAs and also requires they should...

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