The trouble with hiring a Barclays adviser

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How three very different firms are providing opportunities for former Barclays advisers...

Barclays announced in January it would no longer offer customers financial advice at its branches, leaving up to 600 advisers looking for work.   Personal Touch Financial Services PTFS is targeting former Barclays advisers and chief operating officer John Ruddick sees this as an area of growth for the IFA network side of the business. “We look around for advisers who have demonstrated competence in terms of their advice and it fits in with our strategy of growing the IFA side of our business. “In this case there are a large number of advisers who are obviously well-trained who...

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