Keith Richards

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) is in discussions with the regulator and government to introduce additional safeguards to defined benefit (DB) pension transfers where the client wants to act against the advice they received.

Due diligence: What does the regulator really want from advisers?

Advisers' investment processes: A video debate

Advisers should stop posting negative comments about the industry from behind a cloak of anonymity, chief executive of the Personal Finance Society (PFS) Keith Richards has said.

The Money Advice Service (MAS) has issued an apology to members of the Personal Finance Society (PFS) after seemingly questioning adviser ethics in a speech earlier this month.

Membership of the Personal Finance Society (PFS) has reached more than 35,000, with more than 1,000 people joining in the past year.

Suspicious minds: Will the pension revolution change public opinion on advisers?

How the industry distinguishes between 'advice' and 'guidance' is at odds with how the public perceives financial services, argues Personal Finance Society (PFS) chief executive Keith Richards.

How advisers can help deliver Osborne’s retirement ‘guidance guarantee’

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) was investigating establishing a National Retirement Advice Service before the Chancellor's Budget promise and believes an advice voucher system could be set up funded by redistributing regulatory fines.