Four advice gap pioneers the government must speak to

Four advice gap pioneers the government must speak to

Scott Sinclair
clock • 2 min read

As the government probes the advice 'gap', there are a number of regulated advice propositions built to cater for those less well off it must speak to...

Less than three years since the introduction of rules purporting to improve consumer access to regulated financial advice, the government has announced another project which effectively seeks to address the same problem. The Financial Advice Market Review will investigate an apparent advice gap among those who "do not have significant wealth", and seek to remove any barriers which may be preventing firms from filling it. But if the Retail Distribution Review, which was rolled out on 31 December 2012, shifted access to advice towards the wealthy, have any advisory businesses addressed ...

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