Where can I find a good IFA for when I'm going though my dirvorce?

You could start with your local high street bank.

I sought Pensions advice after my first divorce in 1999. I was considering back-dating a lump sum. (The judge did the sums for me; suggesting £35,000 lump sum backdated for seven years; and worked out the percentage of income) Nowadays; I'm not sure that you can backdate anymore?

I was never short of IFA suggesting various products. Instead though - I changed my mind and invested my money in a house; (upgrading from a flat). i don't regret my choice; because property has performed better over the past ten years. I can live and enjoy it on a day-to-day basis, and when I'm retiring I can down-size and still buy an annuity policy (or whatever its called!?)

Be aware that IFA's mostly want to suggest products: I also was advised on putting £7k in an ISA. I did that; it plummeted to just £4k and it took six years to recover. That advice from IFA with the Natonwide.

Best decide what you want to do with your money; and ­object­ives (high interest a/cs? Pension? etc) then choose a Financial product that fits that need.

If you have specific needs to understand say Capital Gains Tax enquiery; there's plenty of advice here; and you can pay specialist Tax advisors for the bits you can't fathom.

Now cross my palm with silver, and we'll tell you some more!

Look on your local collaborative law website for IFAs who know about divorce.
Knowing what I know now I wouldn't use any other IFA.

I've just looked at the Resolution Solicitor's website again to see if they're publishing the names of divorce trained IFAs - I still can't find them on their website.
Are they afraid we'll discover we can now cut solicitors out of ancillary relief? Apart,that is,from translating our Consent Order into legal gibberish.
To find a Resolution trained divorce IFA it looks as though the local collaborative law groups are the only published source of contact details - try googling collaborative law East Yorkshire or whatever?

There is another way of finding local Resolution accredited IFA’s that is to get someone who is a Resolution member or an affiliate to send you a list.

By the way, I am NOT an IFA, but I am a Resolution affiliate member. If you send me a Private Message with the name of your nearest large town I would be happy to do the on-line search and PM you back the results. Alternatively, if your lawyer is a Resolution member ask them to do it – but then they might charge a fee for their time!

Or you could just try the Wiki solicitors directory which (as well as a full data­base­ of Resolution accredited solicitors) has all of Resolution's accredited IFAs fully searchable by postcode

http://www.wikivorce.com/divorce/Find-a-Solicitor.html

Sometimes it is just staring you in the face

Thanks - I didn't think of looking for an IFA under "solicitors":