IFA in newspaper appeal to Bluefin clients

Ian Lowes, managing director of Lowes Financial Management, said he has bought full-page adverts in the Newcastle Journal appealing to what he estimates is about 10,000 clients who may now find themselves without an adviser. Axa-owned Bluefin Advisery Services closed its Newcastle wealth management office last month. At the time it said the office's seven staff -comprising three financial planners and four support staff - would relocate to Harrogate to provide a more "joined-up" approach for clients. But it is understood they have been placed in a consultation process and may lose ...