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William Burrows: A cold call to chill the hearts of advisers

‘High-risk SIPPs’

William Burrows: "The caller said, 'Your adviser would have put you into a high-risk fund and made a lot of money out of it.”

William Burrows
23 March 2018

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As the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill continues to limp its way through Parliament, William Burrows says a cold call he received personally this week is yet another illustration of why this practice must be stopped

It is time to stop unscrupulous firms cold calling. The gist of a cold call to me personally early this week should send shivers down the spine of all good financial advisers. I was walking down the...

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