UK Independent Financial Advisors 2001' looks at the key issues and trends in the UK Independent Financial Advisor (IFA) market. In particular, it illustrates how product providers must position themselves to the IFA market. Distribution is one of the key battlegrounds in the life, pensions and retail investment industries. This report focuses on the importance of the IFA channel in UK financial services and the key criteria that IFAs use when recommending products to their clients. In view of the legislative and structural changes in the UK financial services market, the report looks at how the IFA channel could develop through outlining potential future scenarios and the implications for product providers, IFAs and consumers.