IFAs look to raise £1m for charity in North Pole trek

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A group of financial professionals are walking to the North Pole in an effort to raise £1m for injured Forces personnel.

The group - consisting of Simon Kiley and James Greenly, director and portfolio specialist respectively at Norwich-based independent advice firm RJL, and Matthew Deeprose, sales director at Dominion Funds - are walking to the geographic North Pole next April in a bid to raise £1m for charities Walking with the Wounded and Mission Motorsport. The charities support wounded soldiers and try to get them back into work. To fund the trip, the group is looking to secure £150,000 in sponsorship from ten asset managers, each of which will pay £15,000. It has already secured six sponsors, inclu...

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