Corporate responsibility integral to financial services - IQ's Lee Robertson

Industry Honesty charity total now past £60,000

Victoria McKeever
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Industry Honesty charity dinner co-founder Lee Robertson tells Professional Adviser why corporate responsibility is integral to financial services despite the regulatory crackdown on inducements.

The Industry Honesty charity dinner was set up by Investment Quorum chief executive Robertson and financial services distribution consultant Alan Easter in 2013, since when it has raised more than £60,000 for good causes. This year's dinner raised money on behalf of Promoting Equality in African Schools (PEAS) - with the £18,000 it collected equating to 85 Ugandan children now being able to receive a full-time secondary education. For Robertson (pictured), who has worked as a wealth manager for more than 25 years - and was once a guest editor on Professional Adviser - corporate respon...

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