PFS mentoring programme attracts 1,000 advisers in six months

PFS members learning through online portal

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A mentoring programme set up to enhance advisers’ knowledge has attracted more than 1,000 members in six months.

The Personal Finance Society's (PFS) e-mentoring scheme, Connect, allows PFS members connect with each other across different parts of the world and at different stages of their careers. Connect enables the member to tailor their search to find a suitable mentor to help them achieve specific career and personal development goals. Hunter Aitkenhead and Walker Chartered financial planner Alisdair Walker is a mentor and mentee with the programme and said it helped expand his network. He said: "It is really hard to overstate how important I think mentoring is. I advise any personal fin...

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