Sesame to hold first national conference

The Sesame Symposium, in London on 6 December, aims to help advisers respond to key challenges facing the profession into 2008. Keynote speakers include AIFA chairman John Selwyn Gummer MP, former Which? chief policy adviser Mick McAteer, Standard Life chief executive Trevor Matthews and FSA’s small firms division director Stephen Bland. Delegates can also attend panel debates on a wide range of topics including: The impact of the Retail Distribution Review and the outlook for small adviser firms The rise of wrap and fund platforms and the threat to independence Is charte...