Lighthouse consolidates to launch national IFA brand

The new arm will bring over 250 advisers under the same Lighthouse name. Lighthouse says the move to cut the number of regulated entities within the Group was necessary to improve operating efficiency and better implement changes stemming from the RDR. The merger will be completed on 1 December 2010. As of that date all advisers in both divisions will trade under the Lighthouse Financial Advice brand. From 31 March 2011 all advisers currently regulated by Falcon Group and LighthouseXpress will instead be regulated by a single entity to be known as Lighthouse Adviser Services. T...