Zurich has introduced factory gate pricing to its pensions products, the insurer says. The provider says the move is in response to adviser and client demand.
Zurich has also refreshed the charging structure across its Trustee Investment Plan. Advisers can now access more initial commissions and fund based or trail commission options. Dave Lowe, pensions management director at Zurich, says: “By providing advisers with a proposition which offers a choice of remuneration options, we are helping those advisers who wish to make the transition to a fee based business model whilst at the same time supporting those advisers that still want to receive commission.” Lowe says Zurich does not support the introduction of compulsory factory gate pricing ...
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