FoFA has been hijacked!BY MARSHALL BRENTNALL | VOLUME 9, ISSUE 1What's wrong with the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms is that they have been hijacked. That's right FoFA has been hijacked! I feel like a load has been lifted ... Get articles like this delivered to your email - Sign up for the free weekly newsletter  More Articles |
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I am not sure the analogy with DJ employees works very well. To my knowledge a DJ employee has no obligation to act in a punter's best interest. Some one offering general advice has that obligation. It seems hard to reconcile that obligation with product selling KPI.
I am not sure the analogy with DJ employees works very well. To my knowledge a DJ employee has no obligation to act in a punter's best interest. Some one offering general advice has that obligation. It seems hard to reconcile that obligation with product selling KPI.