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FoFA still in need of changes: industry

BY LAURA MILLAN | WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013 12:25PM

After the effort by the industry to comply with the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation, the organisations representing the financial services sector are asking for adjustments to FoFA.

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