You can't please all of the people all of the time... Advisers' views on APFA 15 years on

You can’t please all of the people all of the time... Advisers' views on APFA 15 years on

Laura Miller
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Laura Miller asked advisers what they think of the body that is supposed to represent them, the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA), 15 years on from its inception. The responses varied widely...

        Danny Cox, head of financial planning, Hargreaves Lansdown (not APFA member) "It is, in my view, impossible to have one body represent everyone" "The financial adviser community varies from virtually a cottage industry and individuals with lifestyle businesses through to national networks and FTSE 100 companies and every stage in-between. "With this diversity of business types, differences in the way firms work and their interests, it is, in my view, impossible to have one body represent everyone."   Julie Hepworth, Perspective Financial Group (APFA member...

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