In the process of ‘freshening up’ our website, I looked at those of a selection of other advisers, both local and national. Only around 20% show their charges, and many are so complex, trying to be all things to all men, that their ’visibility’ doesn’t help much. Ours, for better or worse, are very straightforward. If anyone wants fixed fees or an hourly rate we have to tell them to go elsewhere; and some think we’re too expensive. But we’re mostly better than most. I’d say.
“Letter of authority: Why now is the right time for change”
This may sound like a non-issue from outside the world-of-financial-advice bubble. It is the bain, however, of the daily working lives of many of us, particularly of those paid by we advisers to do the dirty work of dealing with the many providers with whom we have to work.