Financial adviser search
Find an Independent Financial Adviser
Getting good financial advice is important if you are thinking about investing.
You should only accept advice from an authorised adviser. This means that the adviser has permission from the industry regulator (Financial Services Authority) to give financial advice to consumers.
Types of Financial Adviser:
- Independent. They can give you advice on all financial products available in the market.
- Multi-tied. They only give advice on the financial products of a specified range of companies.
- Single-tied. They advise only on the financial products of one company.
Finding an Adviser
You can search for an adviser online. To help get you started, here are some websites:
Financial Services Authority - use the register to check that your adviser is authorised.
Find an adviser in your local area or by expertise:
Institute of Financial Planning - Information on financial planning.
Please note that IMA does not endorse any of these search engines or the advisers found on them.