Access FS debuts specialist finance division
Access Financial Services (“Access FS”) is launching a new internal specialist finance packaging division.
The mortgage and protection brokerage’s specialist finance offering will include fully regulated and non-regulated bridging propositions, a whole of market 2nd charge mortgage offering, semi-commercial and fully commercial mortgage whole of market lending and a development finance proposition.
The move is designed to support all of Access FS’s advisers, empowering them help their borrower clients, control communication and mitigate fees.
Access FS said it is working with a whole of market proposition – including Interbay, MT Finance, Pepper Money, Interbridge, West One Loans, and Shawbrook – to provide this new specialist product offering to its 280-strong community of advisers.
Nick Jones, the mortgage sales and marketing director at Access FS, said: “We have some fantastic brokers writing bridging and commercial loans already. But up to this point, we haven’t really done real specialist packaging. And second charge has also been a gap in our offering. Not anymore. This represents the next evolution of Access FS – we’re planting a flag in the specialist finance space.
“The new packaging division gives our mortgage and protection advisers more choice for their customers. It will significantly enhance Access FS’s ability to meet the growing demand for specialist finance solutions, enabling the company to support our network of advisers better. Now we are launching with a series of educational webinars to ensure our advisers consider whole of market advice.
“Our mortgage revenues grew by 32% between 1 January and 30 September and these are the sort of developments we need to be making to keep growing that fast.”
Karl Wilkinson, the chief executive of Access FS, said: “This is a testament to our commitment to providing our advisers with the very best tools and expertise to serve their clients. Through this new specialist packager division, we aim to help our advisers access high-quality specialist finance cases and offer tailored solutions to their customers. This will enhance our advisers’ ability to meet client needs and thereby drive business growth. The aim is to help our advisers grow by encouraging them to collaborate and pass leads to the specialist advisers within the firm. We’ve added full later-life lending to our offer. Now we’re adding specialist lending. It’s very intentional – Access FS is moving forward with purpose.”