Alan Moran: Here's what I've learned after 30 years in advice

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In his first column for Professional Adviser, Interface Financial Planning owner and IFA of thirty years Alan Moran takes stock of his career to date and gives younger advisers some words of wisdom...

Welcome to the 2020s! As we start the new decade, I reach a personal landmark because I can now reflect back over 30 years of helping clients as their financial adviser. How different things were in January 1990 when I took on my first clients when I was an agent for General Portfolio; the stories I could tell...

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