Fresh perspective: Approaching financial advice with no preconceptions

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Tom Ellis
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"They juggle so much and I did not appreciate the challenges of running an adviser business - to the extent I think 'who would be an adviser? You've got to be nuts!'" That is the view, and indeed the fresh perspective, of this week's podcast guest.

Helen Danzey joined the Professional Adviser team two years ago, knowing nothing about the world of financial advice - and was immediately charged with creating (with a little help from PA's ever-willing journalists) the programmes for our flagship PA360 events, which are now attended by hundreds of advisers. In this week's podcast, our senior conference producer offers her fresh perspective on the regulatory burden advisers have to deal with, her own difficulties in finding a financial adviser to help with her defined benefit pension and more. You can listen to this fresh take on the...

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