Status Disclosure

Nationwide Independent Financial Services Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nationwide Building Society. Nationwide Independent Financial Services Limited FSA registration number is 126534. We are authorised for certain activities relating to:

• Pure Protection Contracts
• Life Assurance
• Pensions
• Investments

You can check the FSA register at http://www.fsa.gov.uk/register/ If you insert our registered number 126534 then click on 'Search' you will see our Basic Details. If you then click on 'Permissions' you will see what activities we are regulated for and the scope of the permissions we have.

We appreciate that the description of some of the product names such as Regulated Mortgage Contract and Pure Protection Contract are technical terms and therefore we have tried to summarise below some of the products we sell and which heading they fall under.

This is not a complete list and the FSA definitions are complex so if you are not sure whether a product or the activities relating to it are regulated then please contact us.

Pure Protection Contracts

This includes Term Assurance contracts such as life cover and critical illness cover and income protection contracts where there is no investment element.

Life Assurance

This includes whole of life insurance.

Pensions

This includes Personal Pensions and Stakeholder Pensions.

Investments

Investments included are Equity ISAs, Unit Trusts and Investment Bonds.

Nationwide Independent Financial Services Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nationwide Building Society. Nationwide Independent Financial Services Limited is a company registered in England. Number 2170056. Registered Office: Nationwide Independent Financial Services Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority under registration number 126534. Head Office: Nationwide House, Pipers Way, Swindon, Wiltshire SN38 1NW. Email: enquiries@nationwideifs.co.uk. You can confirm our registration on the FSA's website, www.fsa.gov.uk or by contacting the FSA on 0300 500 5000. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. The value of investments and any income from them can fall as well as rise as a result of market and currency fluctuations and inflation, which could mean that you may not get back the amount originally invested. All calls are recorded and may be monitored for service quality or security purposes to prevent or detect crime.