Behind the headlines: The real reasons advisers use DFMs and how outsourcing impacts their businesses

State of the UK DFM market

Lauren Mason
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More than half of advisers have seen their salaries increase since using discretionary fund managers (DFMs), according to a report commissioned by Rathbones.

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