IFA Origen says RDR places 50 jobs under threat

Business services director Keith Robinson told IFAonline as many as 50 jobs could go but dismissed reports putting the number as high as 100 as “speculation”. No adviser positions are under threat. The firm, made up of five IFA businesses, says it plans to centralise its sales support, new business processing, after-sale client servicing and para-planning teams in its Farnborough office. “These are ‘at risk’ positions as a result of the company restructuring and I stress ‘at risk’,” Robinson says. “It’s about providing a consistent level of service in light of TCF and the RDR. “This is c...