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Dodgy as *** Don't give them your time or money

Several Dealing Instructions over 18 months and only two signatures, some made from a death bed. Poor records and paperwork. Trying to withdraw funds funds from clients bank account without permission. Incorrect dates on meetings. Mis selling the product. Not giving the client paperwork relevant to his plan. Athetic complaints department. There's more and we'd love to publish them.

User's recommendation: Stay away.

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#2799120 Review #2799120 is a subjective opinion of poster.
Location
Brisbane, Queensland
Preferred solution
Spanish regulator and police

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After being completely misled into transferring my pension to a QROPS with DeVere, i find myself trapped into a pension for another 8 years where i am paying fee's of 4% per year. This is fundamentally and morally wrong and my pension will stagnate at best. DeVere use...
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#2785865 Review #2785865 is a subjective opinion of poster.
Cons
  • Losing pension money to an inappropriate product
  • High costs
  • Product sold was a scam
Preferred solution
Let the company propose a solution
Devere Group's reply to:

DeVere Group Zimbabwe should be ashamed of themselves. Con artists who broker products and manipulate the client for their self gain. Their end game is bases on commission's

The poster has posted such accusations before which have been denied and we simply have nothing further to add, which saves to repeat what we have said before. The poster is fully aware that her complaint has been thoroughly investigated and found to be entirely without merit.
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#2728217 Review #2728217 is a subjective opinion of poster.
Loss
$40000
Preferred solution
Everything back including the 48 months of my life and an apology for their despicable attitude
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deVere Group Zimbabwe is unscrupulous. Their existence and purpose is to conn their clients into thinking that they are guiding you into financial security!

You will be financially ruined and dare you try sort this out you will be given a generic standard response.

Dare you continue in your pursuit for the truth you will be contacted by lawyers representing devere with threats and accusations of defamation of character. lawyers with threats

User's recommendation: Please do due diligence on devere group world wide. And just dont do anything with devere group.

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Devere Group's reply to:

Dear Mrs Diane B, As a company providing expert independent advice, we take customer satisfaction very seriously and always aim to provide a high-quality service. We are deeply sorry our service did not match your expectations. As you may already be fully aware, the...
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#2719542 Review #2719542 is a subjective opinion of poster.
Service
Devere Group Financial Advisor

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Devere Group's reply to:

Dear Mr.Evans, As a company, we consistently strive to reach the high standards and ensure client satisfaction is upheld. However, we do understand that issues may arise, and we are always very willing to clear up any queries our clients may have. Kindly note deVere...
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#2642553 Review #2642553 is a subjective opinion of poster.

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Poor service ,bad advice high charges

my complaints are well documented but the last info received from STM the trustee used by DV takes the biscuit I have found that over 2000 pounds was taken as fees even before STM accepted the application and then that was 6.5 months after the advice report had expired

User's recommendation: keep away if you value your sanity.

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#2613204 Review #2613204 is a subjective opinion of poster.
Location
Zafra, Extremadura
Loss
$15000
Preferred solution
Full refund
Devere Group's reply to:

The worst investment decision of my life.

Dear Mr.Aquilina,
We are sorry to hear about your situation and that your experience didn’t match your expectations. At deVere Group, our aim is to provide expert advice to clients all over the world and we take complaints very seriously. We understand that the company you had invested your money with (which was not deVere), transferred your surrendered monies to you on 5th March with a full statement.
Regards,
deVere Group
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#2458116 Review #2458116 is a subjective opinion of poster.
Loss
$12000
Preferred solution
Deliver product or service ordered

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The worst investment decision of my life. The 2021 Stockmarket is at record high's and a 16yrs (based on their advice) old invest through Devere Indonesia the investment is at 40% of its initial value.

Is it high management fee's or bad advice? I will never know because they do not give you statements and it is very difficult for them to return correspondence. Once your money is there you will not get any management or correspondence. I am now jumping through hoops (5+ months) as they shift my file to and from office's around Asia, to retrieve a savings fund for my son education.

He is now close to graduation. So the idea of the fund was a joke. I am still wondering if I will see my money.

Devere has cost me more time and money... Stay away.

User's recommendation: Avoid.

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Devere Group's reply to:

Total of loss of investment

Dear Mrs.Briggs,
We are sorry your experience didn’t match your expectations. As a company, we consistently strive to reach high standards and ensure client satisfaction is upheld.
It appears we don’t have any record of a complaint, therefore we will arrange for you to be contacted as soon as possible to discuss your concerns and give full details of our complaints procedure if your concerns cannot be successfully resolved.
Regards,
deVere Group
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#2128818 Review #2128818 is a subjective opinion of poster.
Loss
$25000
Preferred solution
Full refund

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The Four Seasons Growth Plan.

A substantial Investment was made into an unregulated scheme, which was not suitable for my portfolio. I was not advised, not made aware of the risk and no communication followed during the suspension, it also appears that no action was/has been made by Devere to recover my investment.

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Devere Group's reply to:

DeVere sold me a 'stable' pension in defunct Strategic Growth Fund

Dear Mr.Pitt,
We would like to reiterate how sorry we are and extremely disappointed to hear about your experience. We are aware that you had filed a formal complaint back in 2018 and already had been contacted by the Head of Risk and Compliance, stating that deVere SA operated on a different FAIS License up to beginning of 2015. This license allowed them to sell the product you had invested in. deVere changed to a different FAIS licence and were no longer able to provide advice on your product. However you had the option to deal directly with the product provider.
Regards
deVere Group
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#2020050 Review #2020050 is a subjective opinion of poster.
Loss
$10000
Preferred solution
Apology

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Like many it seems I was given misguided advice from deVere in South Africa. In particular the failed Strategic Growth Fund. This was through what was called Generali Vision and now Utmost Vision.

Having finally seen a statement today it seems my ‘Pension’ that I was being sold has lost 50% of its value in a decade.

User's recommendation: Don't use!

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Devere Group's reply to:

Total scam

Dear Mr.Chapman,
We are extremely sorry to hear you are not pleased with our service. As a company, we consistently strive to reach the high standards and ensure client satisfaction is upheld. As you are fully aware, we have already pointed out to you that your complaint had been fully investigated and found to be without merit. In June 2019 we asked you on a different platform, to supply evidence to support your allegations, which you did not. We cannot add anything further.
Regards
deVere Group
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#1983798 Review #1983798 is a subjective opinion of poster.
Loss
$13000
Preferred solution
Let the company propose a solution

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Devere Group - Total scam
Devere Group - Total scam
Devere Group - Total scam
Devere Group - Total scam

My dissatisfaction is well documented the continuous message that DeVere strive to excel in their advice is mind blowing. Are all the contributors to this site liars ?

Again I say to De Vere ,WHAT DO THE FOLLOWING WORDS MEAN TO YOU "THIS ADVICE REPORT IS VALID FOR 3 MONTHS" .

What do DeVere do ? buy very poor high commission funds 6 months after the report expired !and without any notification whatsoever quarterly reviews hav,nt had one yet even after 4 years, TAKE A LOOK AT THE ATTACHMENTS

User's recommendation: IF YOU ARE RETIRING TO SPAIN THEN KEEP AWAY FROM DEVERE THERE IS NO TAX BENEFIT UNLESS YOU ARE A MILLIONAIRE.

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Devere Group's reply to:

Frustrated with process of getting paid surrender value of my policy!

deVere do not own any entity in SA and the client is in error, her issues are with Brite Advisors, to whom the entity was sold at the start of this year and changed its name in January.
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#1961521 Review #1961521 is a subjective opinion of poster.
Loss
$29000
Preferred solution
Full refund

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I sent a request to surrender my policy on the 8th of May, I was asked to send more information which did not make sense and was from an automated email with little explanations. After several emails, I sent the required information on 13th May and I am still waiting for my funds!

It's bad enough that I have lost over $29,000 but they are taking forever to repay me whatever little they claim I am entitled to. This company is a huge scam and I will definitely warn anyone and everyone about investing their hard earned cash through one of their products. The response to m initial review proves my point, how can I not know what I am talking about. When I took this policy with Devere I was based in Dubai, not South Africa.

Devere does have offices in Dubai.

I have been contacting the Dubai office to get back my money so I know what I am talking about. Instead of asking for more information they come back with a stupid response.

User's recommendation: Do not waste your hard earned cash on them! Bunch of scanners!

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Devere Group's reply to:

Financial Advisor

Dear Sir/Madam,

As a company, we consistently strive to reach the high standards expected of us by our clients. Nonetheless, we do understand that issues may arise, and we are always very willing to clear up any queries or complaints our clients may have. Unfortunately, we cannot find your details as a client on our database. Therefore, would you be kind enough to make direct contact with us on clientrelations@devere-group.com to provide us with further information so that we may identify you and receive any evidence in respect of your experience?

Regards,
deVere Group
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#1876913 Review #1876913 is a subjective opinion of poster.
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This company accept absolutely no responsibility for their employees not honouring the promises they made when I invested the money. They offered me no advice despite the fact that they advertise themselves as investment advisors.

I still do not not know the status of the investment or whether they only exist on paper.

The local representative says he cannot advise me. No resolution at all.

User's recommendation: Do not invest.

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Devere Group's reply to:

5 Years I lost money and the investment companies made £6250.

Dear Mr.Powell,

We are extremely sorry to hear you are not pleased with our service. As a company, we consistently strive to reach the high standards and ensure client satisfaction is upheld. Our understanding is that you have already been contacted on a separate platform and the matter is currently being looked into. However, should you have any inquiry or require further assistance, please let us know.

Regards,
deVere Group
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#1699752 Review #1699752 is a subjective opinion of poster.
Service
Devere Group Financial Advisor
Pros
  • Global scope
  • First contact was very professional
Cons
  • Questionable advice given environment and customer profile
  • Take no responsibilities for own mistakes
  • Lack of transparency
Reason of review
I lost money over 5 years of them advising me. They suggested a 7% growth which would mean 58,000 would become 81,348 over 5 years.
Loss
$23000
Preferred solution
Let the company propose a solution
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I moved my small QROPS of £58000 and 5 years later in a period of financial growth of about 10% per year I made a loss and they took £6250 in fees. How can this be legitimate.

So disappointed and a little angry. Trust once lost is never recovered.

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Devere Group's reply to:

Resolved: Appalling Quality of Financial Advisors

Dear Mr.Ednei Romano,

Our understanding is that a representative from deVere Group will make contact and shall be assisting you with your complaint. However, should you have any inquiry or require further assistance, please let us know.

Regards,
deVere Group
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#1674556 Review #1674556 is a subjective opinion of poster.
Cons
  • High charges
  • Anything once they had my cash
  • Intransparent
Reason of review
Poor customer service
Preferred solution
Let the company propose a solution
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Update by user Oct 09, 2019

I was contacted by their Costumer care representative with an adequate solution to my concerns.

Original review posted by user Oct 08, 2019

It seems like I only contact by the Finacial Advisor when it is of their interest to sell new products or if I provide the contact number for potential new clients.

It is VERY DISAPPOINTING!

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Devere Group's reply to:

Devere are the worst

Dear Mr.Collins,

We are extremely sorry and disappointed to hear that you are not satisfied with deVere’s services. As a company, we consistently strive to reach the high standards expected of us with our clients. Nonetheless, we do understand that issues may arise and we are always very willing to clear up any queries or complaints our clients may have. Kindly note, Client Relations will contact you directly.

Regards
deVere Group
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#1635351 Review #1635351 is a subjective opinion of poster.
Cons
  • Anything once they had my cash
  • Pressure applied by the consultant and his assistant
  • Losing pension money to an inappropriate product
Reason of review
Bad quality
Loss
$13000
Preferred solution
Full refund
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Update by user Oct 09, 2019

Client Services for DeVere did contact me after my post on this site and investigated my complaint.Regarding my GB 14,000 + loss from the Strategic Growth fund they write that "with Hindsight and knowledge that the advice given by DeVere appeared to be poor"... Opening a new generali Savings fund in place of topping up existing fund was Suitable for my needs and that full policy details were provided.

The end paragraph from DeVere was that if I have any further evidence in my dispute they would be prepared to reconsider but if I remain dissatisfied then I should seek legal advise!In my humble view it looked like a lawyer had written the e-mail.If they had offered a gesture of good will for my losses it would have been welcomed, but they don't have the common sense to understand that I would never ever return my portfolio to Devere or recommend the company to colleagues or contacts who might ask for advise or add this damming conclusion to be shared world wide. ...….

Original review posted by user Aug 25, 2019

Several years ago DeVere moved assets in my QROPS, without approval, then lost money by opening a new savings account with Generali instead of Amending the existing simply to get commissions, I find this out at a later date when I finally found a trustworthy Adviser, but the really difficult part is DeVere keep calling me and asking me to return which is no only unprofessional but extremely annoying ..

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