Independent Financial Advice

Multi-tied advisers are way down the list of consumers' preferred distributors for financial products in the future, behind even supermarkets and major retailers like M&S.

Today is Groundhog Day, made famous by Bill Murray's film of the same name, in which Murray's character is forced to continually re-live 2 February.

Few financial advisers have been able to establish profitable relationships with accountants, claims Mark Lee, chairman of accountants' group, the Tax Advice Network.

Tied and multi-tied advisers should consider themselves "very lucky" they may be able to use the term ‘advice' when explaining their offering to consumers.

Clients and IFAs have wildly different estimates of the value per hour of independent financial advice in the build-up to 2012, research suggests.

An ageing workforce alongside ageing IT systems is a looming problem for the insurance industry. We must act now, says Tim Crossley.

Was the ban on payment protection insurance (PPI) sales by credit providers at the point at which credit is taken out a victory for consumers?

Given the increasing importance of business protection in the current economic climate, Jerry Bayman looks at how advisers can attract new business clients.

Companies can get ahead in the recession by investing money in a marketing plan. Justin Rees explains how lead-generation spend should be analysed.

The big day has arrived: depolarisation is on its way and financial advisers have to decide what type of business they want to run in the future.