31 October 2022:
Firms’ boards (or equivalent management body) should have agreed
their implementation plans and be able to evidence they have scrutinised and challenged the plans to ensure they are deliverable and robust to meet the new standards.

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One of the South West’s leading IFAA and Legal Services firms.

The director, after 31 years of trading has brought the Legal & Financial service together under the family firm name. The company has a back-office team of experienced staff and their own offices in Devon & Somerset. He wants to grow the company to further serve his clients.

They are now looking for employed or self-employed Independent Financial Advisers to work from their Prestigious Taunton offices. This position has the flexibility to work from the office and from home. They are looking to go against the norm of other financial advisers, offering both high quality holistic financial advice and estate planning through to their legal service offering. They believe this is not just for high-net-worth individuals but for everyone, they feel all of their clients deserve the best quality advice.

To become one of their Financial and or Legal Advisers, you must be hard working, dynamic, hungry & flexible. You must be able to deliver high quality advice, getting to know and understand your client’s requirement and put plans in place to meet their requirements and expectations.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience and be fully Level 4 qualified. You must be capable of bespoke planning to meet clients ever changing needs, to help plan, create and maintain their wealth and provide long term Estate planning.

As an IFA, your role will be to do what you do best… holistic client engagement (supported digitally) with Complete Independence of advice with centralised research and report writing software to enable to efficiently, Fact Find and provide Solutions that are best for your clients.

The successful adviser will be good at self-generating clients as well dealing with  quality leads generated from our internal team. You’ll have access to some of the best back office systems, an established and experienced administration and case handling team. The support you will receive includes appointment booking into your diary, post-sale document production, and business submission. This is to assist you in making the most of the earning potential, allowing you to fully focus on serving your clients. This is a hybrid model, with full office and home working setups provided so you can work in a flexible manner to ensure a good work life balance.

To be successful it’s essential that you are a driven adviser, this is not your conventional type of financial adviser role. We aim to provide a very high standard of bespoke services to our clients, building term relationships.

As such the company need to know that the successful candidate has the ability and competency to handle this level work, to be trained to take on legal services work dealing with Wills, Trusts, Tax, Probate, Powers of Attorney so we can provide our clients with long term planning solutions. The company are looking for advisers with excellent interpersonal skills, in depth knowledge of the Financial Advice sector, the ability to give fully regulated and compliant advice Face to Face, over the telephone and by correspondence.

In return for your efforts, you will be paid a generous basic salary, bonus and additional perks for working for such a forward-thinking company.

If you would prefer to be self-employed, we offer a very generous fee share agreement and a practice buy out plan if you wish to retire.

Going to work will not feel like work, it will feel like you are doing what you love and that way all parties get the best, you, your clients, and our firm.

If you’d like the opportunity to be part of an exceptional IFA company, be paid well for giving quality advice and consider you have the skills and drive to join a dynamic team, then send your CV and with a covering letter to:

Email: richard@deemar.co.uk

I will then acknowledge receipt of email and advise you the name of the company and the director dealing with your application.

Look forward to hearing from you soon.

Richard Darlington
Deemar (UK) Limited

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Mortgages, Finance loans, commercial finance,non-investment insurance

I am able to offer an indepth review of your regulatory compliance policy and procedures, including sales practices, Training and competence, compliance strategy ,governance controls and other key areas over a two day period. I will provide a detailed project compliance strategy plan. My feedback is comprehensive and constructive rather than simply criticising and facilitate remedial action and any changes where necessary.

The cost £750.00 (includes all my expenses, England and Wales only)

In addition: If you wish, I am happy to assit in the implemenation and/or management of your compliance at very competative prices.

Call Richard on 07773 294366

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FCA  our cyber security guide . The guide explains when a firm may need to report a cyber incident, how to report it, and who to report it to. It also sets out how to link with the UK networks for sharing threat information.

The FCA want to help the UK remain a safe place to do business, and a key part of that is helping you and your members to become more resilient to cyber attacks. By outlining the foundations of good practice, we hope this guide will help firms review their approach to cyber security.

More information can be found by visiting the FCA’s cyber resilience webpage.

FCA PDF: https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/documents/cyber-security-infographic.pdf

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The FCA consultation paper should be read by all GI firms, follow the link for the PDF

https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/consultation/cp17-07.pdf

Effective date 23rd Feb 2018

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