Terms of Business

About our services and costs

This document has been designed to be given to consumers considering buying certain financial products. You need to read this important document. It explains the service you are being offered and how you will pay for it. This document also addresses how we will use your data and keep it safe, along with confirmation of your Marketing options.

Who We Are

AAI Financials is an independent Mortgage and Insurance brokerage. We are not limited in the range of mortgages we will consider for you. We provide holistic advice on mortgages and non-investment insurance products, priding ourselves on our reputation for offering a superior service based on honesty, integrity and a clear transparent work ethic that ensures we treat every client fairly and professionally.

We are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) who are the independent watchdog that regulates financial services.

We will confirm to you in writing the basis of our recommendations. We will also provide you with an illustration which is a personalised description of the costs and features of the mortgage or product that we are recommending. You may ask us to provide you with additional illustrations for any mortgage or product for which you are eligible.

Our Obligations

Financial crime

We are obliged to put in place controls to prevent our business from being used for money laundering and other forms of financial crime.

We will verify your identity before undertaking any business with you. To do this we may use electronic identity verification systems and we may conduct these checks from time to time throughout our relationship, not just at the beginning. The check may leave a ‘footprint’ on your credit file, but it will not affect your credit rating.

Conflict of interests

Although we will always try to act in your best interests there may be situations where we or one of our other customers have some form of interest in the business being transacted for you. If this happens or we become aware that our interests or those of one of our other customer’s conflict with your own interests, we will write to you and ask for your consent to proceed before we carry out any business for you. We will also let you know the steps we will take to make sure you are treated fairly.

The products and service we will provide you with.

Insurance

We will advise and make a recommendation for you after we have discussed your needs in relation to protecting you, your family, your home or your business. We advise on non-investment protection products e.g. term assurance, income protection, critical illness and home insurance from a range of providers.

Mortgages

We provide an unlimited mortgage service. We will search the whole of the marketplace to find the most appropriate mortgage to suit your particular needs. We provide mortgages in the non-business and business markets and for first and second charge loans in both markets. Where required, we can also provide advice and make a recommendation on equity release mortgage products.
Please note; the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) do not regulate some buy to let mortgages.

Alternative Finance Options

Where we provide services in relation to increased borrowing on an existing mortgaged property there may be an alternative option available that may be more appropriate. For example, you may be able to obtain a further advance from your existing lender or obtain an unsecured loan for the additional funds. Where your existing mortgage is a first charge against the property, a second charge mortgage may be available.

Equity Release

Equity release is a way of releasing the wealth tied up in your property. With an equity release scheme, you have to be over a certain age, (typically over 55) and own your own home. There are two main types of equity release plans on the market – Lifetime Mortgages and Home Reversion Plans.

Where you are eligible for equity release, we advise on equity release products. This means we will provide advice and make a recommendation after we have assessed your needs.

We provide advice from a comprehensive range of equity release products across the market.

What we will Charge for our Service

Insurance

We will not charge a fee for Insurance.
You will receive a quotation which will tell you about any other fees relating to any particular insurance policy. We will also be paid a commission from the Provider after the policy is in force.

Mortgages

We offer a selection of fee structures dependent on individual circumstances and requirements

Second Charge Loans

For second charge loans we offer a selection of fee structures dependent on individual circumstances and requirements

You will receive an Illustration when considering a particular mortgage, which will tell you about any fees relating to it. If we are paid a commission from the lender, you have the right to request information on the levels of commission we will receive from the different lenders in relation to any mortgage product recommended.

Equity Release

You will receive an Illustration when considering a particular equity release product, which will tell you about any fees relating to it.

If we are paid a commission from the lender, you have the right to request information on the levels of commission we will receive from the different lenders in relation to any mortgage product recommended.

Refund of Fees
If we charge a fee on application or offer and your mortgage does not go ahead, you will receive no refund if we have carried out credit searches / research / product options and sourced a suitable mortgage provider.

Communications & Consent

Communicating with you

Recording telephone calls

Protecting your personal information

Consent

Sensitive personal data

The primary basis on which we intend to process your personal data is for the performance of our contract with you. In the case where we need to process special category (sensitive) data as described above we require your consent by indicating your agreement to the following statement:

I consent to the processing of sensitive personal data as far as it is necessary for the services I require from Ingard Financial Limited.

Please note that you may withdraw this consent at any time by notifying us at our main business address. We may also engage the services of third-party providers of professional services in order to enhance the service we provide to you. These parties may also need to process your personal data in the performance of their contract with us. If you wish to know the names of these third parties, please contact us for further information.

Marketing Communications

From time to time we may wish to contact you to offer additional products or services which may be of interest to you. In order to do this, we require your consent by agreeing to one or all of the options:

Please note that you may withdraw this consent at any time by notifying us at our main business address.

Who Regulates Us

AAI Financials is a trading style of AnayaSD Limited, 15 Crabbe Crescent, Chesham HP5 3DD which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), 12 Endeavour Square, Stratford, London, E20 1JN www.fca.org.uk. Our firm reference number is 1036617.

Our permitted business is recommending and advising on regulated mortgage contracts and regulated non-investment insurance contracts.

You can check this on the Financial Services Register by visiting the FCA’s website www.fca.org.uk/firms/systems-reporting/register or by contacting the FCA on 0800 1116768

AAI Financials complies with our obligations under Consumer Duty which sees the FCA setting out higher and clearer standards to protect consumers in retail financial services.

What to do if you have a complaint

If you wish to register a complaint, please contact us:
In writing: Write to AAI Financials, 5 Crabbe Crescent, Chesham HP5 3DD
By phone: 07522 405 709.
By email: Info@aaifinancials.com

If you cannot settle your complaint with us, you may be entitled to refer it to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).
Full details of the FOS can be found on its website at www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk

Amendments to this Agreement

From time to time it may be necessary to amend the terms set out in this agreement where it’s not necessary to issue a new agreement. If this is the case we’ll write to you with details of the changes giving you at least 28 business days’ written notice.

Product Cancellation Rights

Full details of any financial products we recommend to you will be provided in the relevant product information you will receive. This will include information about any product cancellation rights along with any other early termination rights and penalties.

Please note that there is no right to cancel a mortgage contract once the mortgage transaction has been concluded.

Ending this Agreement

We may terminate this agreement by giving you at least 28 business days’ written notice.

You may terminate this agreement at any time, without penalty. Notice of termination must be given in writing and will take effect from the date of receipt.

Any transactions already initiated will be completed according to this agreement unless otherwise agreed in writing.

You will be liable to pay for any services we have provided before cancellation and any outstanding fees, if applicable.

Are we covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS)?

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is the UK’s statutory compensation fund for customers of authorised financial services firms who are unable to pay claims against them, usually because they have gone out of business.

You may be able to claim compensation from the FSCS if we can’t meet our obligations. The amount of compensation available will depend on the type of business and the circumstances of the claim. We can provide more specific information on request, but as a guide:

Mortgages – eligible claims related to advising and arranging are covered for 100% of a claim up to a maximum limit of £85,000 per person per firm.

Insurance – in the majority of cases, eligible claims related to advising and arranging of protection products are covered for 90% of the claim, without any upper limit. Further information is available from the FSCS at www.fscs.org.uk

I/we acknowledge receipt of this document and confirm that its contents have been explained to me/us. I/we further confirm this document was provided to me/us before any advice or recommendation was made. I/we also confirm decisions made relating to communications and marketing consent preferences.

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