How corporate wraps can open doors for IFAs

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Robert Kingsbury looks at opportunities in the developing corporate wrap industry.

Proof of the pudding is in the eating and if you are building a corporate wrap what better way to ensure it delivers what it should than to run it as your own employee benefits system? That is the strategy wrap provider Ascentric is adopting in the development of its corporate wrap. “We are going to use it for our employees as a trial, to understand exactly what is needed and the types of questions people might ask once it is operating. In this way we can refine the proposition before we launch it into the open market,” says Hugo Thorman, chief executive of the platform. Whether you t...

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