The clock is ticking: IFAs under time pressure as tax rules change

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Time pressure to implement pension and ISA reforms may impact consumer outcomes, writes Mark Rendle

The time I spend talking to advisers, peers and competitors convinces me that almost all parts of the advised market are pulling in the same direction to improve customer outcomes - even some of those providers whose commitment to the cause could have been questioned appear to be trying to ‘turn the oil tanker'. However, in conversations of late there has been one single theme - the time burden of dealing with hastily paced and wide-ranging regulatory changes that are well-intentioned, but by the nature of their implementation are creating a pile-on.  The forthcoming pension and ISA c...

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