PFS crowns 4,000th Chartered planner

The professional body, part of the Chartered Insurance Institute, said Chartered adviser numbers had risen from 3,500 to 4,000 in the last 12 months. Doy, a senior IFA at Imperial Financial Planning in Leicester, was the adviser who broke the 4,000 barrier. Some 12% of PFS members have now obtained the status, a record proportion. Chartered status for individuals was launched in 2005. PFS chief executive Keith Richards (pictured) said: "[Reaching 4,000 Chartered members] represents a tremendous achievement in such a short space of time. Just as impressive is that a further 7,000...