Keith Richards: The little-known meeting that might just bring trust back

Keith Richards on the little-known meeting that might just bring trust back

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Is the financial services sector as disjointed as some suggest? Not according to PFS chief executive Keith Richards, who here explains why he believes a new initiative can result in greater trust among the public...

Further evidence of the new, post-RDR, collaborative attitude across the financial services sector came in the form of the new 'united profession' working group - drawing together 12 of the key representative organisations from across the industry and forming them into one working group. The objective: to identify opportunities for the key professional and trade representative bodies in the financial services sector to work more collaboratively for the greater good of the industry and public alike. The inaugural meeting has just been hosted by the Personal Finance Society at its Londo...

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