FSCS declares 11 adviser firms in default between August and October

The lifeboat fund declared adviser firms Valiant Financial Consultants and Strathearn Insurance Services from Greater London and St Martin's Partners from Essex in default. From the North East, it declared Gateshead-based adviser firm N-Hanced in default, along with North West firms AETC Associates and Blackstone Independent Financial Advisers. Elsewhere on the list was Brighton-based WSW Financial Services, West Sussex-based Property Finance Solutions and Bristol's Gerard Associates. CPPT Services, which was formally Central Financial Planning, was also among the 11 adviser firms ...