Independent financial advisers are not required to use more than one wrap platform if they conclude it is in the bests interest of the client to place their assets through such services, the FSA says.
Speaking at a recent wrap conference in London hosted by Australian firm the Dealers Group, a representative of the FSA pointed out as long as the adviser ensures placing a client’s assets on a wrap or supermarket platform is in their best interests and suitability can be shown, it does not matter how much business is placed on a single platform. Katherine King, of the retail policy division at the Financial Services Authority, said the FSA’s priority was to ensure advisers had carefully researched whether placing assets on a wrap was the most suitable way of handling client assets. She w...
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