After 5 fallow years, the revived PFS Festival of Financial Planning was a huge success last week at the NEC, with an estimated 2,500 financial planners attending a rich array of presentations and discussions. We were delighted to present to 140+ planners on Investment due diligence in practice – and thank you to the many
What is “due diligence?” Lessons from the Berkeley Burke case
Working in a regulated industry, the importance of “due diligence” is drummed into us. The FCA regard research and due diligence as core requirements to ensuring suitability, and that poor research and due diligence can lead to poor customer outcomes (TR16/1). So you might assume that “due diligence” is a clearly defined requirement of the