Providers should 'contribute a third' of adviser FSCS costs

FCA reviews FSCS levies

Victoria McKeever
clock • 2 min read

Product providers should contribute about a third of the costs levied on advisers by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), according to an Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) survey.

The organisation said research found 77% of advisers want providers to pay into the intermediary funding class. It added, on average, advisers think providers should contribute about a third of the total costs. The APFA survey, which spoke to 262 advisers, also found 69% want the levy to be based on the volume of risk products sold by a firm, while 59% thought it should be based on the number of successful Financial Ombudsman Service complaints made against it. The FSCS funding levy is currently under review by the Financial Conduct Authority. It is looking at different options on ...

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