How we can help you
We’ll help streamline your services so you can deliver effective advice to more clients, building a more profitable business. Through industry-leading processes, award-winning services and exclusive member discounts, we’ll support efficiencies and cost savings across your entire advice process.
Our members report the following benefits:
Reduced costs
£495
The typical reduction in cost of client servicing*
* Based on a five-hour client review at £150 per hour, with a 66% time saving
Save time
66%
With our financial planning system compared to manual processes*
* Based on a 2018 FTRC assessment
Membership discounts
£500
Typical pcm saving on tech licences*
* Switching from multiple technologies to one end-to-end planning system
Regulatory expertise
Reduce risk
Keep up to speed with evolving regulations, making sure your advice and processes stay compliant to support the best outcomes for your clients.
- Boost knowledge and capability across your business, with easy access to expert helpdesks and our extensive library of regulatory resources.
- Optimise the quality of your advice with our file review service, compliance audits, and adviser monitoring and training.
- Increase efficiency and compliance with consistent methodology, using our tailored services to design, document and embed your business processes.
Financial technology
Increase efficiency
Simplify your processes with innovative end-to-end technology that helps you find and deliver the most suitable financial solutions to your clients.
- Work fluently, with confidence, using integrated, automated workflows and market-leading product data.
- Improve outcomes with access to specialist portals that make it easier to access and compare mortgage, protection and insurance products.
- Easily gather evidence of meeting regulatory requirements with our dynamic learning and regulatory technology.
Business support
Improve performance
Achieve your business goals, whatever they are, using our support to help you set up, grow, optimise, and eventually exit your firm.
- Meet regulatory requirements and develop staff with complimentary access to over 400 events in the industry’s most comprehensive events programme.
- Bring in more clients with an enhanced offering and marketing tools that help you stand out in a crowded market.
- Get the best possible value, whether you're looking to buy a business or exit the industry.
Products and services for financial advisers
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Professional development
Meet your regulatory requirements and support your people in continuous professional development with the UK’s largest event and education programme.
- Training & CPD
- Learning platform
- Regulatory-based training
BUSINESS SUPPORT
Proposition development
Support more clients, more effectively by enhancing your offering and better promoting your services.
- Investment solutions
- Mortgage & protection
- Referrals & partnerships
BUSINESS SUPPORT
Acquisition & exit
Grow your business or realise its value with Horizon, our exclusive firm buyout service.
- Realise the value of your business when it’s time to exit
- Find the right firm to acquire if you’re looking to grow
- Find the right deal for you and your clients
BUSINESS SUPPORT
Financial planning
Optimise the advice process with free access to Defaqto Engage, the UK’s most comprehensive financial planning tool.
- Streamline operations with a single solution- from ATR to research and suitability reporting
- A consistent methodology to help lower risk
- Deliver a confidence-inspiring advice journey that leads to sustained growth
FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY
Regulatory evidencing
Show how you’re meeting Consumer Duty regulations with leading tech solutions to evidence you’re working in the best interests of your clients:
- Identify and support vulnerable clients
- Collect detailed customer feedback to evidence understanding and value
- Maintain your knowledge and demonstrate your competency
FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY
Research & sourcing
Find and recommend the most suitable products to your clients with our research and sourcing tools.
- Mortgage software
- Protection & GI solutions
- Investments
FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY
Compliance services
Mitigate risk with our expert guidance, support and oversight. Our flexible services can be built around your needs to help you operate in a consistently compliant manner.
- Compliance & technical helpdesks
- Authorisation & FCA reporting
- Regulatory updates & resources
REGULATORY EXPERTISE
Advice quality
Make sure you’re operating in line with regulatory requirements with reviews, advice and guidance from our expert teams.
- Supporting with your advice processes
- Training and competency and certification scheme management
- Reviews and support for more complex cases
REGULATORY EXPERTISE
Professional development
Meet your regulatory requirements and support your people in continuous professional development with the UK’s largest event and education programme.
- Training & CPD
- Learning platform
- Regulatory-based training
BUSINESS SUPPORT
Proposition development
Support more clients, more effectively by enhancing your offering and better promoting your services.
- Investment solutions
- Mortgage & protection
- Referrals & partnerships
BUSINESS SUPPORT
Acquisition & exit
Grow your business or realise its value with Horizon, our exclusive firm buyout service.
- Realise the value of your business when it’s time to exit
- Find the right firm to acquire if you’re looking to grow
- Find the right deal for you and your clients
BUSINESS SUPPORT
Financial planning
Optimise the advice process with free access to Defaqto Engage, the UK’s most comprehensive financial planning tool.
- Streamline operations with a single solution- from ATR to research and suitability reporting
- A consistent methodology to help lower risk
- Deliver a confidence-inspiring advice journey that leads to sustained growth
FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY
Regulatory evidencing
Show how you’re meeting Consumer Duty regulations with leading tech solutions to evidence you’re working in the best interests of your clients:
- Identify and support vulnerable clients
- Collect detailed customer feedback to evidence understanding and value
- Maintain your knowledge and demonstrate your competency
FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY
Research & sourcing
Find and recommend the most suitable products to your clients with our research and sourcing tools.
- Mortgage software
- Protection & GI solutions
- Investments
FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY
Compliance services
Mitigate risk with our expert guidance, support and oversight. Our flexible services can be built around your needs to help you operate in a consistently compliant manner.
- Compliance & technical helpdesks
- Authorisation & FCA reporting
- Regulatory updates & resources
REGULATORY EXPERTISE
Advice quality
Make sure you’re operating in line with regulatory requirements with reviews, advice and guidance from our expert teams.
- Supporting with your advice processes
- Training and competency and certification scheme management
- Reviews and support for more complex cases
REGULATORY EXPERTISE
"The team are very knowledgeable and understand the needs of our business. They are in tune with an IFAs business and the issues we face."
Giles SangerGilmar
