Responses to the Incisive Buzz survey
In debating the issue of which channel presented the greatest threat to IFA businesses, among the reasons cited are as follows: • With regard to wrap accounts in order to provide a total solution to a client's problems we effectively create our own wrap account. • Regulation, and the costs of regulation, is the biggest single threat to my business. • Bancassurers are adopting an aggressive sales attitude in an effort to boost profits. However, little account is taken of risk attitudes/profiles - the main 'driver' seems to be what product is likely to produce the most profit for the...
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