Kevin Moss: Ruminating on 21 years of regulation

A long time in…

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A week is a long time in politics, or so they say. But what about 21 years in financial services? Kevin Moss relives the evolution of his business in light of never-ending regulatory oversight...

It is very nearly twenty-one years since I was involved in setting up ValidPath, what appears to be the UK's last remaining independent financial adviser (IFA) network that is fully committed to the principles of genuinely independent financial advice.  It hasn't been easy, and there have been moments when I wondered if our distinctive, ethics-led, people-focused philosophy was actually able to be sustainable for the long term. It clearly is, and we are still growing and continuing to evolve what we offer to our IFA network members. One of the reasons that it has been a challenge for ...

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