IFP pledges to become 'quicker, bigger, better' in fight for financial planning

Carmen Reichman
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The Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) is to push ahead to become more influential in the marketplace following a year of building foundations, its acting CEO Steve Gazzard has said.

The organisation, which has seen its CEO Nick Cann suffer a stroke earlier this year, has found new confidence from which it intends to "fire cannons to make a real difference" in the industry, Gazzard (pictured) said in a speech at the IFP's annual conference this week. He told delegates that the IFP had spent this year rebranding and building a new website with which it intends to create awareness and bolster demand for financial planning. Gazzard said: "We really did suffer as an organisation from a bit of dejection and despair when Nick had his stroke but out of that has come a re...

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