Trust campaign will go on without founder

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The Question of Trust campaign will go on despite its founder pulling out after failing to get the incoming Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on board.

Former IFA James Dickens, who is part of the remaining team taking the campaign forward, confirmed today Fiscal Engineers chief executive Shane Mullins' withdrawal does not mean the drive is being scrapped. The campaign was launched in November last year to rebuild consumer faith in financial services. It proposed four protocols for the industry to follow to achieve this. "After a year of campaigning, we have seen a real lack of interest from the industry and the regulator to grab hold of and arrest the issues [highlighted in the campaign], and deal with them," said Dickens, consult...

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