AIFA

The trade body for independent advisers is to extend membership beyond IFAs in a move which represents a radical volte-face from its original manifesto but which it said was necessary in a changing advisory landscape.

Harry Katz, principal at north London IFA Norwest Consultants and an AIFA board member, explains why the trade body had little choice but to broaden its membership base, and why the move should not put IFAs off…

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