Departing AIFA boss blasts industry in-fighting

Scott Sinclair
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Outgoing AIFA director general Chris Cummings has lambasted in-fighting as the industry's "weakness".

Cummings, director general of the trade body since 2005, quit in June to become the first chief executive of TheCityUK. While he believes the independent advice sector will "come into its own" post RDR, he says the industry continues to be held back by internal conflict. "I always thought in-fighting was a great shame, a weakness," he told Professional Adviser, IFAonline's print title. "I remember sitting in a room with one certified and one chartered adviser. But rather than talk about how the world of advice could be improved, there was too much focus on which, of certified or ch...

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