Why it's time for the adviser community to take some advice of its own

'We have to bring about positive change through ever-closer collaboration'

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Cara Robinson says the FCA has taken its foot off the gas when it comes to DE&I but the advice profession doesn't have to follow suit...

As you may have noticed, diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) initiatives aren't as fashionable as they used to be. The recently reinstalled leader of the free world doesn't like them, and what he says goes.  Corporate America has been quick to row back on years of progress, with a string of major companies quietly placing DE&I on the back burner or rejecting it at a stroke. As Groucho Marx famously quipped: "These are my principles, and if you don't like them… Well, I have others." Depressingly, the rot is already spreading to the UK. Even worse, one of the most high-profile casual...

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