2017 reloaded: 12 of our best-read stories of the year

What caught your attention?

Tom Ellis
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So what were the Professional Adviser stories that most caught your interest and attention over the course of 2017? Here's our round-up of a dozen of the best-read PA articles of the year ...

'Outpouring' of adviser support to help British Steel pension 'fiasco' The British Steel saga dominated the advice profession's news agenda for the last two months of the year, so it is no surprise a British Steel article pops up as one of this year's most-read. Operation CHIVE, led by Echelon Wealthcare managing director Alistair Rush, saw more than 50 advisers make their services freely available to marooned steelworkers on 11 and 12 December. The Personal Finance Society came out and gave the scheme its backing, with chief executive Keith Richards saying the professional body wou...

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