Game changer: What does the Budget mean for advisers?

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Fiona Murphy asks: What do the sweeping changes introduced in the Budget mean for financial advisers?

The dust may have settled on chancellor George Osborne's 'Budget box', but the reforms announced in March, continue to inspire debate in financial services. How will the changes impact financial advisers? What should they do to meet the challenges, some of which have yet to come in? These are the key themes the industry is grappling with right now. Immediately following the Budget, MGM Advantage pensions technical director Andrew Tully perhaps best summed up the reaction to the changes. "I've worked in the pensions industry for more than 25 years, and I don't think I've ever been genu...

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