In almost any walk of business life it’s possible to come up with a football analogy of some sort to describe a situation
In years gone by, there was a constant argument about mortgage distribution and just when would the banks, in particular, reassert their ‘dominance’ in serving borrowers direct.
I’m not sure if you’re a fan of The Beatles, but I can tell you there are some jaw-dropping moments in the Get Back documentary, which focuses on their recording sessions of January 1969.
One of the key benefits of working in the intermediary sector is the opportunity it affords individual advisers to work on their own, to run successful operations and (if done correctly) to have a very successful business working as a one-man/woman band all the way up to retirement.
Networks like Stonebridge can really prove their worth, because however long you have worked in the industry, it can be something of a culture shock to establish your own firm.
