'An utter disgrace': Industry demands answers two years after Woodford fund collapse

Campaigners hit out at slow pace of investigation

Pedro Gonçalves
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Two years after the collapse of Neil Woodford's Equity Income fund, and with 300,000 investors still awaiting answers from the regulator despite being set to lose £1bn from its liquidation, industry commentators are calling for a solution to be found sooner rather than later in order to reinstate the public's faith in financial services.

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