The good guys shouldn't pay: Help PA campaign to change FSCS levy system

Supported by PFS, PIMFA and Penney

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Professional Adviser kicks off campaign to reduce unfair burden on good, honest financial advisers

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) funding system places an unfair burden on good, honest financial advisers and COVER sister title Professional Adviser is campaigning for change. For too many years decent financial advisers have had to pay obscene costs to prop up the FSCS and subsidise malpractice. The good guys pay system is broken, and honest advisers have never felt it more keenly than after the lifeboat fund recently said it would bill the financial advice levy pool an eye-watering £213m for 2020/21, as well as an extra £50m supplementary fee for 2019/20. Advisers...

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