Eight advice firms achieve Gold Standard in 2018 Awards

Revealed – successes across all 11 categories

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Eight financial advice businesses picked up a coveted Gold Standard award at a ceremony in the House of Commons on 14 November, while Hargreaves Lansdown was successful across five different categories.

The Bristol-based financial services giant was adjudged by the nine-strong panel of industry experts to have achieved the Gold Standard for Fund Management (Retail), Portfolio Management Services, Group Pensions, Personal Pensions and Retirement. The full Roll of Honour for the 2018 Gold Standard Awards can be seen below. Now in their 16th year, the Gold Standard Awards recognise financial services companies that go the extra mile to serve their customers and build confidence in the sector - rewarding businesses that display consistent standards of excellence in service, capability, trus...

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