Two ways to wind up the IFA community

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Over the past twelve months I have been a frequent contributor to an online IFA community. This evening I spent some time reviewing my postings and discovered that there are two ways to quickly stir up debate with other IFAs.

It is important to point out at this stage that I don’t do this for fun. IFA-baiting is not a new sport and if it were it would probably be swiftly banned by the animal rights lobby. No, instead these are two important topics that really do require an ongoing debate. There are no right or wrong answers but by keeping a dialogue open it might just cause one or two more advisers to adopt higher standards and improve our profession as a whole. The two topics I have in mind are qualifications and fees. On the subject of qualifications I have long held the opinion that AFPC should become the ...

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