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End of the road? Clients who do not fit in the ‘high net worth' bracket may be a little nervous if they read the Independent on Sunday this weekend. The paper reported on the growing advice gap and criticised IFAs who are looking to jettison some of their previous clients to style themselves as ‘wealth management specialists. All this despite the number of high net worths in the UK actually being fairly low. The author says this ‘highlights the greed of much of the advice industry'. Equitable Life It has been a long wait, but some clients may soon be receiving some hefty cheques, wit...

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