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Investment consultants need higher professional standards

Roger Brown questions how many advisers are sufficiently qualified

Roger Brown

22 November 2012 •

I have confidence in my dentist. This confidence is based on a combination of his practical experience, having been practicing since the 1980s, and his degree in dentistry.

By contrast, the prospect of attending a dentist without a formal qualification or no practical experience fills me, and I imagine most other people, with horror. In the world of investment cons...

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