Emergence of IFA endowment complaints not a worry - FOS

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The number of endowment claims made against IFAs are gradually increasing but this is because the complaints process is much slower than in large insurance companies, say officials at the Financial Ombudsman Service.

David Cresswell, press officer at the FOS, says there is now evidence of a gradual shift in endowment complaints against large providers to those against IFAs but this “reflects the pattern of most complaints” and is therefore no evidence of more complaints being made against financial advisers. Similar examples from the FOS of delays in complaints emerging relate to precipice bonds which were first brought against large providers but eventually saw complaints about IFAs seep through, he adds. Cresswell explains the complaints process in small adviser firms is much slower so it takes lo...

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