Fay Goddard, the current chief executive of the Personal Finance Society (PFS), is to join Lighthouse Group as a non-executive director next month.
The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has launched an online ethics toolkit for its members.
Outgoing Personal Finance Society (PFS) chief executive Fay Goddard has said she wants her legacy to be the recognition among the public of financial planning as a chartered profession.
The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has announced the winners of the 2012 PFS Chartered Awards at its annual conference in Birmingham.
About two years ago, a retired ‘adviser’ invited me for lunch. He wanted to discuss today’s advisory market and compare it with his 1970s “heyday” (with Sun Alliance & London). I accepted.
The Personal Finance Society (PFS) is seeking clarity from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on whether advisers will need extra qualifications on long term care (LTC) insurance to remain independent post-RDR.
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and the Personal Finance Society (PFS) will publish a 'plain English' version of the FSA's RDR guidance next year, because it says many advisers are still 'very unsure' about how to comply with the new rules.
The move by the FSA to revert back to a more prescriptive form of Training and Competence (TC) rules is a "clear indication" its principles-based approach failed, says the Personal Finance Society (PFS).
Hector Sants' departure as chief executive of the FSA will have no bearing on the RDR, despite it coming just two years before the 2012 implementation deadline, the Personal Finance Society (PFS) says.
Charities should be wary of offering free ‘financial advice' and will writing services to people in exchange for legacy donations, says the PFS.