Personal Finance Society

'Increase visibility'

'Algorithms can only go so far'

Membership of the Personal Finance Society (PFS) has reached more than 35,000, with more than 1,000 people joining in the past year.

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has said it wants to put accredited financial advisers "at the public's fingertips" with the relaunch of its adviser directory.

Hundreds of financial advisers who left client-facing duties at the end of last year due to new regulatory rules now appear to be returning to the industry, according to the Personal Finance Society (PFS).

A quarter of protection advisers at a recent industry body training session said they were keen to ditch multi-application approaches in favour of more efficient pre-underwriting processes.

The Personal Finance Society has announced three new adviser training dates, hosted by the Protection Review.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will be run as a consumer champion and not for the benefit of member firms, according to a leading regulatory lawyer.