professional standards

A new broker body has been launched in a bid to raise standards of behaviour and practice in the profession.

Adviser support group Tenet's petition asking the government for a long-stop for financial advice complaints has reached 2,098 signatures in only ten days.

Tenet has launched an e-petition to ask the government to address the lack of a long-stop for financial advice on their dedicated petitions website.

The insurance industry needs to "elevate" itself in terms of professionalism, brokers claimed at the recent Broker Expo hosted by COVER's sister title Insurance Age.

The 12th International Fund and Product Awards, run through Incisive Media's Professional Adviser brand, are now open for entries, and include the category Private Health Care Group.