FTAdviser and Transparency Task Force want to hear from you

That is why we have teamed up with the Transparency Task Force to encourage advisers to share your views with us.

Talk to us about what is bothering you - from concerns about consumer duty implementation, the way the sector is being regulated, to practical issues you are facing in your daily professional lives.

There are merits in sharing your experience with others, and perhaps together we can effect some change that will benefit you and your peers.

I have an appreciation for how some of the developments in the sector can have counterproductive, unintended adverse consequences.Andy Agathangelou

Of course, you can leave a comment on any of our stories via our comments section on the website, as many of you have been doing already. You can do so anonymously or using a pseudonym. 

But if you want to contact us without posting in a public forum, we invite you to send us your thoughts on anything that irks you via our email address at ftadviser.newsdesk@ft.com.

The TTF will promote our comments section and this email address to its members and highlight matters of collective concern from its membership to FTAdviser, to allow us to follow up on these issues without compromising anonymity.

Benefit of all

We will take these topics to create more 'anonymous adviser' stories, investigate matters that are concerning you, and to form campaigns on your behalf over the months and years to come, confidentially and sensitively.

Andy Agathangelou, founder of the Transparency Task Force, said: "Having joined the financial advice sector way back in 1986 I feel I have a reasonably good understanding of the stresses and strains that go with building a successful client-centric advisory business.

"And I think I have an appreciation for how some of the developments in the sector can have counterproductive, unintended adverse consequences – especially some of the regulatory interventions.

"Sometimes these issues can be a tad tricky to deal with in an attributable way, so this new ‘Chatham House Rules’ space will, we hope, act as a safe and friendly forum for advisers to make good use of in getting issues out in the open, for the benefit of all."

While FTAdviser's comments section is, of course, open for all, and you can always write a letter to the editor, Simoney Kyriakou, we do acknowledge there is a need for a quieter, more confidential route to engage with FTAdviser. 

We look forward to hearing from you - either in the comments or as an anonymous adviser via ftadviser.newsdesk@ft.com.