Financial or Mortgage adviser opportunities

[yusi82]

Hi Elphaba!

My fidancè is looking for a job in Dubai as a Financial advisor/Mortgage Advisor/ Mortgage Consultant , he is really good so please if you can help us we can send you his cv and covering letter.

Thank you for your time.

Originally Posted by Elphaba

To be blunt, we would only be interested in qualified independent financial advisers with several years experience. IFA roles in Dubai are nearly all commission only positions and only suitable to anyone who is a self-starter and able to find their own clients. There are no fringe benefits (no allowances etc), just an opportunity to earn a good income from honest work.

We are not (for the time being at least) looking for mortgage brokers, and would expect anyone to have at least the full Certificate in Financial Planning (or FPC) or equivalent.

Whilst regulator requiremebts are much lower than in the UK, my company works to standards higher than any other company in Dubai and do not want anyone who has either failed to deliver in the UK, or who is simply out to make a fast buck.

The financial services industry in Dubai still has a poor reputation, but we are working ethically to try and change that. Too many so-called advisers have poor knowledge, no qualifications and no concern for their clients' best interests. They are simply salesmen and that is not what we do.

If anyone genuinely fits this criteria, only then would I be interested in hearing from them. Thanks.

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[Elphaba]

Originally Posted by yusi82

Hi Elphaba!

My fidancè is looking for a job in Dubai as a Financial advisor/Mortgage Advisor/ Mortgage Consultant , he is really good so please if you can help us we can send you his cv and covering letter.

Thank you for your time.

Assuming he fits the criteria mentioned, please send me a PM.

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[yusi82]

Thank you so much for the information and advice, very helpful, you are really great!

[ifsam]

Elphaba,

I wanted to ask you whether you would be interested in myself, unfortunately I see new members can no longer pm.

I am a fully qualified IFA and have been since 2002, with FPC and Cemap, also a degree in Financial Services. I currently run my own IFA practice in the UK but I am looking to relocate as my fiance is a teacher and she has been offered a role out there. So have decided that the UK co will be put on the backburner whilst we try out a new venture abroad.

Have been involved in all types of Financial Advice from mortgages, investments, pensions, commercial finance and protection to equity release. I have also been heavily involved with very specialist Innovative finance products involving TEP portfolios with many high net worth clients.

I have been self-employed from day one in the industry so am all too aware of the pressures, rewards of this type of structure and I heavily involve myself in Networking to gain new business, which has proved very fruitful in the past.

I would be interested to hear from you as to whether I fit the criteria.

[Elphaba]

ifsam - I could be. Suggest you make a few more posts then PM me.

[ifsam]

Ok,

I will do my best to contribute and maybe we can talk. I will of course negotiate my way around this forum but is ther anywhere you would direct potential new interests to the area to give them a starting point in terms of research.

[Elphaba]

Research on what? Most general issues are cover in various threads - start with the stickys.

I note that you refer to your fiancee. Are you planning on marrying before you come out? It is illegal to co-habit although people do. A school however, it likely to be unhappy if they discover a member of staff is doing so.

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[ifsam]

Will check them all out thanks.

RE: marriage I did hear all about this and if it was an issue then we could sort that out, although using the excuse of 'need to for work' is not likely to give me a huge amount of brownie points on the romance side of things!! I'm sure I can phrase it slightly better than that.

Also are there plenty of Networking events out there that you recommend attending?

[Elphaba]

Networking for IFAs? I believe there are some BNI events, but I work from referrals only so don't get involved in them


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[ifsam]

Starting from scratch is always the hardest part of the job, referrals are the best business and ideally I would hope to get them as soon as possible. Do you look for IFA's with a potential client bank, do you have tie ins with local businesses.

An IFA starting from scratch how would you suggest they started off?