Giving something back: IFAs discuss their pro bono work

PRO BONO

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Charlotte Richards examines the various ways advisers help their communities through offering pro bono work.

Do you carry out pro bono work? We live in unprecedented times with countless people in dangerous amounts of debt. Good financial advice has arguably never been so important. And with one of the criticisms of the fast-approaching Retail Distribution Review (RDR) being that the new charging system will price the less affluent out of the market, now could be the ideal time to give back to the community. But where do you start? What are the benefits? Simon Webster, managing director of Facts and Figures, and a member of the Association of Christian Financial Advisers (ACFA), says pe...

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