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IFAP INVITES JERSEY AND ISLE OF MAN IFAs TO JOIN UP

 

IFAP INVITES JERSEY AND ISLE OF MAN IFAs TO JOIN UP

 

IFA Promotion today threw open its doors for IFAs based in Jersey and the Isle of Man to join up and benefit from its increasingly successful promotional activity and high profile referral service.  IFAP expects to offer the same facility to Guernsey IFAs in due course. 

Having a process in place to ensure all member IFAs are authorised is fundamental to protecting consumers using IFAP’s high-profile Find an IFA service.  A verification process has now been established with the relevant local regulators, and IFAP has written to IFAs practicing on Jersey and Isle of Man to invite them to become members.

David Elms, Chief Executive of IFAP, commented, “We’ve been working with the offshore regulators for some time on ways to make this happen, and we’re delighted to now have a satisfactory system in place.  We’re urging IFAs on Jersey and the Isle of Man to tap into the many member benefits of IFAP. 

“This year around 400,000 consumers and businesses will use IFAP to find a local member IFA.  Our existing members report 86% of IFAP consumer leads result in new business.   By joining IFAP’s promotional campaign Jersey & Isle of Man IFAs can only benefit from our wide spectrum of marketing activity.”

 

IFAs wanting more details should call IFAP’s member hotline on

0870 325 9020 or visit the Member IFA section at www.unbiased.co.uk

 

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For further information please contact:

David Elms, CEO                                    Richard Winder

IFA Promotion                                          Lansons Communications

020 7833 3131                                        020 7490 8828

 

For expert comment or case studies from over 200 media-friendly IFAs, journalists should call IFA Promotion’s Media Services hotline on 020 7294 3682 or search online in ‘Media Services’ at www.unbiased.co.uk

 

1.  Independent Financial Adviser Promotion

IFA Promotion was established in 1989 to promote the value and accessibility of independent financial advice to the public.  It represents over 10,000 firms of independent financial advisers across the UK and is sponsored by 28 leading financial institutions. In 2002, over 300,000 consumers and businesses used IFA Promotion to find local independent financial advice.

IFA Promotion’s believes Independent financial advice should be:

  Affordable.  The option to take independent financial advice should be available, by right, to all - not just the wealthiest in society.

  Convenient.  IFAs should be available in the location of the consumer’s choice, wherever they live in the UK.

  Transparent.  It must be clearly transparent to consumers who is able to offer independent financial advice and who is not.

2.      Independent Financial Adviser Promotion’s sponsors

 

AMP NPI	National Savings & Investments
AXA	Norwich Union Life
Barclays Global Investors Funds	Old Mutual Asset Managers
Bright Grey	Prudential
BUPA	Scottish Equitable Plc
Canada Life	Scottish Life
Children’s Mutual	Scottish Mutual Assurance Plc
Clerical Medical Investment Group	Scottish Provident
Eagle Star	Scottish Widows Plc
Friends Provident	Selestia
GE Life	Standard Life Assurance Company
INVESCO Fund Managers Ltd	Skandia UK Group
Legal & General	Winterthur Life UK Ltd
Mortgage Express	Zurich Life Assurance Company