Five advice firms receive CII Chartered status from CII

Hargreaves Lansdown among five firms to have received Chartered status

Sahar Nazir
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Five advice firms have gained Chartered status from the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

These firms are Astute Wealth Planning, BPW Insurance Services, East Anglian Financial Planning, Hargreaves Lansdown, and Synthesis Wealth Management. Professional standards manager Rebecca Aston said: "These five firms have made a public declaration to professional standards and committed to upholding the Chartered ethos of nurturing knowledge, client centricity and serving society. "Corporate Chartered status is a key component in building public trust and a true mark of professionalism." Elsewhere, the CII recently appointed five directors to the board of the Personal Finance So...

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