WIFA winners and more female graduates: A year of diversity in financial advice

Diversity reloaded

Sophie King
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As we move into 2020, Professional Adviser's Sophie King takes a look at some of the most significant diversity moments in financial advice from 2019...

It is no surprise the finance sector has had to buck up its ideas when it comes to improving diversity in recent years and, while the representation of women has and is continuing to improve, representation of other groups are yet to be at the fore of the industry. While the sector was certainly not lacking in female related initiatives - a step in the right direction - it was ever so slightly lacking in projects centred around other aspects of diversity. Here, though, PA looks at the biggest stories in diversity in 2019. The adviser and author empowering the next generation of women ...

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