Adviser Focus: Sheriar Bradbury

Scott Sinclair
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We are about to part ways when Sheriar says what's really been bugging him...

"There are advisers out there doing things incorrectly but with the best of intentions," he says. "They are the ones who will get caught. "But there are other, sharp, clever advisers who will never be caught. They are smart, with clean audit trails, and the FSA seems to me to be completely oblivious to this fact." Bradbury's frustration betrays his otherwise calm demeanour. He'd spent the previous 90 minutes, every one of them, talking glowingly about the RDR (note: not the FSA) and the future prospects for his own company, London-based Bradbury Hamilton. "The FSA needs to improve ...

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