Editor’s Comment: Are bad apples spoiling Financial Planning?
- Friday, 18 January 2019
- Comment
Financial Planners and advisers sometimes believe themselves to be part of an entirely honourable profession. The facts suggest otherwise but are a few bad apples ruining the whole bunch?
Read more...Editor’s Comment: More to do on pension scams after ban
- Friday, 11 January 2019
- Comment
Crooks will always target pensions - that's a given - but that should not deter us from applauding the significant progress made this week in tackling scammers with a new law banning pension cold calling.
Read more...Editor’s Comment: Why Financial Planning Week needs a boost
- Friday, 28 September 2018
- Comment
I am always impressed by how much Financial Planners do year round to help consumers. They give up free time and sometimes work time to help consumers understand the benefits of Financial Planning in its widest sense on a pro bono basis and, indeed, many give up their time and often their cash to volunteer in their local communities. It's a generous profession.
Read more...Editor's Comment: The challenge of defining a Financial Planner
- Friday, 15 June 2018
- Comment
Recently we’ve covered a spate of stories about financial advisers being arrested, sent to jail or just incurring the wrath of regulators or the police.
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