MAS defends adviser directory vetting policy

In its research of 240 London, Edinburgh, and Sheffield-based financial advisers on MAS's website, Which? claims, for example, more than half - 41 out of 73 - of those who purport to be 'certified' in its research pool were unrecognised by the Chartered Institute for Securities and Invesment. As its research method, Which? asked the providers of the qualifications in question to compare their list of qualified advisers against Which?'s list of advisers who claim to have achieved the qualification on MAS's directory. Chartered status was the qualification least likely to have been unre...