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Financial advisers struggle to survive

By Alice Ross

Published: September 18 2009 20:02 | Last updated: September 18 2009 20:02

Financial advisers across the country are struggling to meet stringent new requirements on how they run their businesses, intensifying fears that many will quit the profession.

Advisers who take a commission for financial advice face extinction after the Financial Services Authority confirmed in June that the practice will be banned from 2013. Instead, they will have to agree a fee for their advice with the client.

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