IFAs holding up compensation payments - papers 11 Sept

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The Times writes this morning that firms of independent financial advisers are holding up compe...

The Times writes this morning that firms of independent financial advisers are holding up compensation payments for victims of the £13.5bn personal pensions mis-selling scandal, the chief City regulator has revealed. The Financial Services Authority yesterday published a progress report on the pensions review, which showed that £3.3bn has been paid in redress. The report showed that some firms, especially small IFAs, are "slipping behind". Headline news in the FT today is that anti-globalisation activists are planning a flotilla of protest boats to land in Qatar during the World Trade...

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