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Tied financial advisers - old wine in a new bottle?

Some quarters of the industry are questioning the independence of insurer-backed FAs that sell (to varying extents) their own lines of products. Business models differ FA to FA

Published Tue, Jan 2, 2018 · 09:50 PM

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    Singapore

    THE blurring of lines in Singapore's financial advisory (FA) sector - that between insurer-backed advisers and independently-owned ones - is set to continue in 2018.

    Some quarters in the industry are asking whether insurance players who set up FA arms to sell (to varying extents) their own products is simply a case of putting old wine in a new bottle.

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