Editor's View: IFAs on the warpath over lifestyling strategies

The editor's Friday Night Takeaway from 7 October

Hope William-Smith
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It’s been a mammoth start to the month this week as news of the UK’s turbulent economy continues to swirl.

We gathered together with our readership in Knutsford on Wednesday for PA360 North, our flagship conference, to debate this and many other issues. It was a wonderful day and lovely to see so many of you face to face for my first in-person event as editor. The team has delivered an enormous amount of exclusive content from the day, all of which can be viewed on the website. It was a story on lifestyling strategies that took top spot this week however, with IFAs sharing their views on Newspage research which asked advisers if the risks around the clearly contentious strategy need rethinkin...

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