With full credit to Gavin Lumsden of New Model Adviser in this instance, for those of you struggling, as is generally the case, to find some objectivity amongst the ‘In or Out’ debate, we found this article to be informative.
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Can you advise on Shares?
Paul Jay Compliance 2018, FCA, MiFID, Pension, PI, protection, Register, Security, transfer
What do you do? Your client has inherited some (insert company name) shares and she asks you, as her trusted financial planner, what to do with them. Do you tell her that you don’t advise on individual shares and recommend that she goes to a stockbroker? But wait, that loses you credibility and might […]