IFAs join forces to lobby new MPs on "poor" regulation

Scott Sinclair
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Hundreds of advisers are gearing up to lobby their new MPs about years of "poor" regulation in what could represent one of the biggest "joined-up" challenges to the FSA.

IFA support group Tenet says growing numbers of member firms are ready to launch a co-ordinated bid to detail to the new government how the FSA is "failing" to protect good businesses. The company is producing what it calls a “lobbying library” to help members contact and communicate effectively with the record number of new MPs in the David Cameron-led coalition government. The website will include template letters and advice on how best to lobby MPs and Tenet says the next few months represent a “crucial” time for IFAs to begin doing so. According to Tenet, while aspects of the ...

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