Kev Carr's Protection Racket: Stating the bleedin' obvious

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If I go to a protection conference these days and don't find myself frustrated on at least two occasions, I feel like something's wrong...

The source of this frustration is driven by the rather large section of my brain that still thinks very much like an IFA. I sit there listening to presentations from some competitors and find myself wondering what the real message will be for the core audience of IFAs, or if there will be one. You see, I'm not sure IFAs who give up their time and income to travel to a conference looking to learn something new - something they can use that they've either forgotten about or haven't used before - are going to be particularly enthralled when they realise the day's big lesson is simply to ...

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