Editor's View: New advice models for a changing industry

The editor's Friday Night Takeaway from 11 August

Hope William-Smith
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Just when you thought Quilter couldn’t get any more confusing, it has a new adviser proposition on the horizon!

The firm announced this week that ‘Quilter Partners' will sit alongside its national and network offering. It is a franchise model where firms will operate under a co-branded arrangement. Yet another new option of advice model is certainly good news as the industry continues to move and change, so happy days! It will be interesting to see what impact this new proposition has on Quilter's coffers.   Elsewhere, companies remain confused about what counts as a breach of Consumer Duty when it comes to online communications. We spoke to a data privacy expert this week who outlined the various...

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