Cathy Nolan: My journey to becoming an adviser

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Cathy Nolan shares her experience of training to become a qualified financial adviser, a career she believes will lead to a bright future...

Since the regulator's Retail Distribution Review the reputation of the financial advice sector has continued to improve and recent economic events have only served to highlight the fact that the role of a trusted financial adviser is more important to clients than ever before. It has been clear to me for some time now that many advice firms have been facing a recruitment crisis as the generation gap within financial advice looms, and many firms are now looking for the next generation (or two) of young advisers and are exploring their options for training and development.   Training an...

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