AIFA invites members' views on body's future

Scott Sinclair
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AIFA has begun a top-to-bottom strategic review by inviting members to comment on the future role and responsibility of the organisation.

New AIFA director general Stephen Gay announced the strategic review less than a week after starting in the role on 1 December. He says the organisation needs to make clear ""what it does, what it costs, who funds it and how it adds value". "We are facing a huge amount of change," he told IFAonline. "We have a new government, a new regulator which will be split in two, the sharp end of the RDR coming through and an increasing agenda coming in through Europe. "We need to make sure we are clear about what AIFA does rather than just continuing with the modus operandi, assuming it is r...

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