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commentary from Steven Cameron, Pensions Director at Aegon, on data from the FCA highlighting PII costs disproportionately impact smaller advice firms, as well as positive news that the total number of advised clients has grown on 2019.

 Commenting on the data, Steven Cameron, Pensions Director at Aegon said: “PII costs have been an issue for some time with advisers regularly reporting that they have become prohibitive. Today’s data highlights that this is particularly the case for smaller advice firms. PII costs are now equivalent to 5% of revenue for the smallest businesses and 3.1% for those with revenues between one hundred and five hundred thousand pounds a year. Both of these figures are up on the same time last year, while they have remained steady for larger firms.

 “This highlights just how important it is for continued focus on stamping out isolated bad practices which often lead to far wider hikes in PII. The FCA’s consultation on a new approach to decision making has the potential to speed up FCA interventions, avoiding the vast majority of highly professional firms suffering. Smarter use of data and market intelligence by the FCA will also help. In many instances this will be a far more direct solution than relying on the principles of a new Consumer Duty.

 “Perhaps the best news in these figures is that the total number of advised clients grew last year to 3.54m up on 3.34m in 2019. This is despite the fact that the pandemic made it difficult to meet and advisers new business efforts had to be rethought. This is a great endorsement of both the industry and the value of financial advice which will have helped many navigate what turned out to be a very turbulent year.”

 https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/consultation/cp21-25.pdf
  

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