Tim Sargisson: Knowing the price of everything, the value of nothing III

This is the third time in as many years I have used Oscar Wilde's words as the title for my monthly Professional Adviser blog. Once again, the question of value and advisers is back on the agenda. This time the Work and Pensions Committee is to examine if pension customers see value for money from advisers, in a new inquiry launched earlier this month. The central question is about whether enough is being done by the industry to make sure savers receive good-value, impartial service from financial advisers. A dozen years ago, the then Financial Services Authority launched its ‘Treatin...