IFA comment: 'menu' will boost client knowledge of advice

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There have been a handful of responses to today's editorial, looking at the market averages used on the depolarised commission menu.

Andy Jervis, director at Chesterton House Financial Services argues the issue is not to worry about the cost of the advice delivered but to ensure intermediaries can show why that advice is worth paying for. ”There is another way to look at the reason why advice from IFAs looks expensive - and that's because it is. ”Let's face it, common sense tells you that if you are buying a product with the help of an intermediary, there is going to be some additional cost for that service. Why try to pretend that isn't the case? ”The task for financial advisers is not to try to make themselves look ch...

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