Pressure on Caerus to bring positive change to Paradigm

Laura Miller
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IFAs formerly part of the Paradigm Financial Advisers network - which was last month bought by Caerus Capital - are hoping for a turnaround in service standards when the new ownership comes into force.

Paradigm Group has said it decided to sell the network so it could concentrate on supporting its directly authorised proposition, Paradigm Partners, as well as its other parts of its business. Brian Hill, managing director at Trowbridge-based Jones Hill and member of the network, welcomed the change of ownership, saying he and other members had become unhappy with the service under Paradigm. "It took us over three months to get a new IFA through Paradigm - the FSA part of the process took three weeks. Caerus has said it will be business as usual but most people think that's been a bit...

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