Financial education is 'double edged sword'

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The financial services industry must steer away from the traditional way of offering financial guidance as the advice gap "gets bigger" the more people are educated, Secondsight warns.

Speaking to WSB, Secondsight sales and marketing director Darren Laverty explained that the more employees were educated about financial issues, the more unanswered questions they had as a result. ...

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