How an adviser operated unqualified for almost three years

Parry was banned and fined £109,400 by the regulator on 1 September after she was found to have forged documents and lied about her qualifications repeatedly. She had given retail investment advice unqualified for three years, serving 57 clients. Parry's journey started when she gained investment and mortgage advice authorisations in January 2006, before obtaining additional consumer credit authorisation nine years later, in January 2015. Following the conclusion of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) at the end of 2012, minimum qualifications became mandatory, alongside an SPS is...