Platforms, younger clients, embarrassing moments ... it's The Pro Adviser Podcast

Episode 1

Tom Ellis
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Professional Adviser has launched The Pro Adviser Podcast and, in this first episode, our attention falls on the FCA's platform market study, working with younger clients and advisers' embarrassing moments.

The 15-minute podcast is split into three neat sections: a discussion about the platform market study, a couple of stories advisers sent into us about their most embarrassing moments in their careers, and a conversation about advising younger clients.  News editor Tom Ellis and senior reporter Hannah Godfrey are joined by the lang cat consulting director Mike Barrett, who gives his thoughts on the FCA's efforts to improve platform switching.  Sign up to PA360 On advising younger clients, Godfrey, who presents Professional Adviser's video series Millennial Money, offers her views on...

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