Dragon Lady's fire hits IFAs; City View. From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: July 10, 1998| Author: Maunsell, Nevill Boyd | COPYRIGHT 1998 Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Having terrorised the life companies into tackling their pension mis-selling backlog regardless of cost the Treasury's Dragon Lady, Mrs Helen Liddell, has turned her fire on the independent financial advisers.

Not altogether without reason.

People who opted to talk pensions with an IFA, rather than a company rep or a tied agent, were taking the trouble to seek independent advice, supposing it would be honest as well as expert.

In the event, tens of...

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