Advisers' reasons to be cheerful in 2016

Spread the happiness

Laura Miller
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Advisers can sometimes be a depressed bunch. But as the old year closes, Professional Adviser asked them to think happy thoughts and tell us what they are looking forward to in the New Year. Here we round-up their best reasons to be cheerful for 2016...

  Top quality advisers Pensions that want to be free, companies who need to be auto-enrolled, a regulator who is innovating, the highest quality advisers we have ever had and a more level commercial playing field than ever before - what more do you need to be cheerful? Jane Hodges, chief operating officer, Alexander House Financial Services   Some (tongue in) cheeky ones 1. We are still here in 2016 - that means we have survived the markets another year and financial Armageddon has not materialised, yet. 2. The bank stress tests appear to have been undertaken without too m...

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