The criticism followed a proposal by the CII to deregister the adviser body in June 2021.
The CII first proposed deregistering the PFS as a legal entity in 2016 and then again in 2019 with a view to making cost savings and reducing the tax bill.
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All three times the proposals were rejected by the PFS board.
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