Working in unison.
By flying in formation, brokers and independent financial advisers could find business opportunities soaring. Nicolle Farthing investigates the benefits of a return to composite broking.
With both general insurance brokers and independent financialadvisers soon to be regulated by the Financial Services Authority, some
pundits argue the industry could see a return to composite broking.
The suggestion is that national and provincial brokers could form closer
links with IFAs to provide a full range of investment and insurance
products.
Merging with IFAs, bringing in financial investment expertise or forming
closer links with IFA divisions could help achieve this.
The regulation of
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