Friends Provident International Bewertungen 

Unfortunately there was no way of giving zero stars, so I had to give one, which is one too many. I was mis-sold a Friends Provident International Premier Policy around 10 years ago. Most certainly the worst financial decision of my life. All 'growth' gets eaten up in excessive fees to the extent that while all indices / stock exchanges / markets have solid growth, my policy just keeps receding in value. I have complained to FPI about the mis-selling and extortionate fees (equivalent to a low grade credit card company), to which they directed me to their solicitor. So much for customer service..! The ombudsman is quite toothless, and it appears that the salesman neglecting to fully explain the fee structure is my fault and my fault alone. In summary, do not, under any circumstances purchase, or contract with FPI for any investment product. They are simply in the business of profiteering for themselves with no regard for their customers.

I was sold an FPI Wealth Builder product in 2010 and invested USD57870. I just cashed it in and received USD57047. That is a $823 loss over 11 years mostly due to exorbitant fees. Most of my other investments in the UK, US and Canada have more than doubled in that time. I admit that I should have done due diligence and not trusted the salesman but FPI is a total con. DON'T DO IT!

Just don’t invest with Friends Provident, I believe they are now part of Aviva.

You will regret it. If you decide to invest with them it means you didn’t do your homework.

And don’t bother to contact them, it will be a waste of time. Just don’t invest with them.

The answer below from the Company is just to pretend that they care, I contacted them and they didn't help.

I "invested" in a 10-year "savings plan" with FP. In the middle of the period I watched the fund decreasing in value by more than I was paying in. FP did not, or could not, explain this to me.
At the end of the 10 years, the amount I was able to withdraw was $10,000 LESS than I have paid these crooks.
Avoid them.

I consider this the worst investment I have made in my life - and my money is locked in for another 20 years....

the fee structure is horrendous - I wonder what I thought when signing the contract in 2010. they sell you funds (from other parties) and then - on top of those guys' fees - take a horrendous "fund mirroring fee" on top. all they do is "mirror" an existing fund! no own research, no knowhow - you could just buy this fund anywhere else without that layer in between.

so even if the underlying fund performs rel. well, you do not see money for a long time. most of the performance is eaten by the fees, every single year!

the online platform is extremely bad - all you can do is see you valuation at the same day. no valuation / performance reports (probably on purpose) and if you need tax statements, tough luck...

customer service is sometimes responding, but often they just ignore your messages.

I got in touch with FPinternational through a company called DeVere in Dubai, they sell you a dead grandmother if you don't run away fast enough. useless...

when I moved back to Switzerland, their Swiss subsidiary got in touch. but then I heard that they are not even allowed to advise Swiss residents, probably the authorities know why...

unfortunately my money is locked in for another 20 years - if I'd take it out now, I would lose more then 60% of the value! after 10 years. this should be illegal. but it is not and I was an idiot.

people - please don't be like me! there is so many better alternatives out there.

Unreliable, essentially no support. Would not recommend to a friend

My investment since 2008 is now less than 50% of the principal amount. I was expecting for a turn-around? It might be mismanagement on the part of FPI's Financial Consultants?

I foolishly started a pension fund with this company in 1995 (in one of its many former guises). In 26 years my savings have barely grown. In addition they are awful to deal with - ignoring emails to their alleged "customer services" department. A few years ago I withdrew some funds - they made me send my sample signature several times - & didn't send the funds until threatened by my financial advisor. I'll be withdrawing all savings at the earliest opportunity.

I had contacted in order to restart my investments under a investment scheme started in 2008. Please would you guide me as to how to restart. My contact number is 0503876950

They answered my queries promptly and provided all the clarifications requested, more than once, showing patience and understanding.

I have been saving with them since 2011. I was not happy that things were not properly explained at the start in terms of funds being locked in, and the huge loss should I terminate prematurely. I was however given a solution that works for me, and my advisor has been communicative whenever I reach out to him.

I would use them again, just a different type of plan.

Bad bad bad

Their charges and surprise fees are the most expensive in the market. It is simply a really bad product, that returns not much on a spam of 25 years. You will basically lend money to a bank for free, because the return is low and the charges are super high.
If you decide to take the money back, you will only get 20% of the initial units.

There are waaaay better plans in the market, just look for it.

There is not much I can say about FPI customer service per se. The few occasions I needed to contact them I usually had an appropriate reply. But then again I've never had any big issue regarding my policy.
The real big problem is FPI itself as an investment strategy. There are 2 things you have to bear in mind when investing with Friends Provident:
1. If you decide to withdraw the totality of your money before the maturation date, the redemption fee is huge. You will loose a lot of money.
2. The fee structure is never very clear but they are clearly very high. That will have a substantial negative impact on the performance of your investment in the long term.
If you have a moderate financial literacy it would be better to set up and manage your investments with some other institution.

No Trust in the Company. Deposit has gone missing.
Poor customer service and always a different person replies. I have no trust in Friends Provident. Have been chasing up a deposit that has gone missing. Staff don't seem to care and no action taken. Every two days I am calling or emailing and getting nowhere.

Friends Provident....where is my money?

Absolutely dreadful customer service. Pretty much nonexistent. The website function to update details has been broken for weeks. I have asked for a call, no one has called. Terrible terrible terrible service

Very difficult to have a contact for any help. Contact keep changing and does not confirm actions.
Payments are difficult and costly.

1. No phone contact for Middle East area;
2. Update credit card is difficult and no confirmation message, no where to prove what has been updated etc; not professional;
3. NOBODY in your office for Dubai customers, no where to have support!

Very poor service. I recently made a fund switching instruction which was pending for more than 3 weeks despite my repeated enquiry online and phone calls to its customer service team. There were actually other incidents where routine transactions were not executed timely with no proper feedback.

I have been using FPI for more than 15 years and I am surprised that when you send back a reply, there is no attachment although you indicated that there's an attachment. That is after waiting for nearly a week.

After three days of going around in circles with no joy and my numerous emails getting no response I finally got a response from Paul, and between him and Lynn things got sorted at lightening speed and with great efficiency ( the only reason I’ve given 3 stars). If only I could have contacted them from the start I’d of been a happy customer.