The entry process for the prestigious Gold Standard Awards 2011 has now begun to reward firms offering the best standards of service to their clients.
This year's awards process will focus more than ever before on how firms are implementing the principles of Treating Customers Fairly (TCF). Last year's winners in the IFA category included: Mearns & Co, Informed Choice, Torquil Clark, Investment Quorum and Clarity. Now in their ninth year, the awards take into account financial strength and assess attributes such as capability to conduct business, fair value, as well as standards of services clients can expect. They are designed to identify companies that not only have strong structures and procedures in place, but are going above...
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