polarization

polarization
The requirement that financial advisers selling packaged products in the United Kingdom should either be independent financial advisers, offering advice on all the products available in the market, or tied agents, offering advice on the products of only one company. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein financial glossary

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polarization po‧lar‧i‧za‧tion [ˌpəʊləraɪˈzeɪ-ʆn ǁ -rə-] also polarisation noun [uncountable] FINANCE
a system under which financial advisors in Britain are divided into those who sell the products of a particular organization and those who sell a range of products from different organizations

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polarization UK US (UK also polarisation) /ˌpəʊləraɪˈzeɪʃən/ US  /ˌpəʊlərəˈzeɪʃən/ noun [U]
► the fact of people or opinions being divided into two opposing groups: »

There is now more polarization and less cooperation between the political parties.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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