What educational support do brokers need?

I would like a swathe of educational marketing material that can be co-branded for me to use for my marketing purposes. As a small business my marketing budget doesn't match that of the big guns but it doesn't mean that I don't need/want it!

Further education and support on the legal aspects of property transactions would be helpful, not so that advisers can provide proper legal advice but to help gain a better understanding of the ramifications of some technical aspects of certain transactions. Education is one of the most powerful tools an adviser can have. When advising clients all advisers from time to time will get that rabit in the headlights feeling when a client asks that tricky 1 in a million question. Being able to confidently give an answer, without having to park the question, stating "I am not a legal adviser, you need to get legal advice", would be of such benefit for the adviser and ultimatly would prove great value to the client.

An area where there's a huge onus on product providers to provide training is in the protection market, which during slower periods of the market, brokers will pivot towards putting more focus on the protection lead of their customers, but newer brokers in the industry have little or no training and the regulatory requirements from an examination point of view are relatively low

New talent must be trained to a gold standard when explaining to customers about the risks associated with the mortgages that they're taking and how they can protect against those.

There's still an absolute disconnect between the number of mortgages taken and the level of protection that's taken by customers taking these large debts

I'd like to see both the regulator industry trade bodies product providers and large broking companies coming together making sure we have the most highly skilled, trained advisors able to tell customers about the risks associated with taking a mortgage for their dream home