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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.

Keith Richards on the little-known meeting that might just bring trust back

A dozen financial services organisations have met to discuss their concerns and share their objectives and initiatives in an attempt to "harness the untapped potential of working collaboratively".

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has reported a marked increased in the number of Chartered financial planners - with Imperial Financial Planning's Michael Doy lucky number 4,000.

There is an increasing need to educate the public on the value of face-to-face professional financial advice, according to the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has established a 'consumer insight panel' to help guide its work on improving consumer confidence and trust in financial advice.

Insurer Zurich is training its sales staff to obtain the same minimum qualification level as that required of the advisers they speak to.

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