lead generation

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A financial adviser is poised for a legal showdown with a controversial lead generation firm employing a banned IFA, after he said it failed so dramatically to provide the advertised service it amounted to "deception and fraud".

Network True Potential advisers have spoken of how they lost thousands of pounds to a former IFA banned for mortgage fraud, who promised them leads to high-net-worth clients that were never delivered.

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Consumer independent price comparison website Payingtoomuch has developed a service that pairs customers with new advisers, and advisers with new leads.

A list of key questions advisers should ask before selecting a lead generation provider has been put together by Friends Life.

Ark Financial Leads has launched a service to provide advisers with telephone qualified income protection (IP) leads.