I can’t honestly say I was expecting to have much to write about in today’s column aside from the usual Christmas housekeeping messages.
The bust up between the Personal Finance Society and the Chartered Insurance Institute this week has, naturally, blown that quite off the radar! Tuesday (21 December) saw the news that the CII had moved to appoint a majority of directors to the PFS board due to "significant governance failures" it had heard. The PFS has clapped back, past presidents have come out in its defence, and member directors and the industry alike have flocked to Twitter and LinkedIn to defend the society. The situation isn't particularly surprising given the history between the CII and the PFS, although it is di...
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