The best man won!!
IFA Tweeters Poll: The Results
Those of you who follow us on Twitter will be aware that we have been running a poll to find out who is the best IFA related tweeter. The poll created a huge amount of interest with nearly 500 votes cast and a fair amount of controversy along the way!
Our thanks go out to all of you who voted and contributed to the buzz surrounding the poll, the IFA community on Twitter is certainly a vibrant one covering all aspects of the modern Twitter user – there are informative tweeters, extremely knowledgeable tweeters, there are controversial tweeters and there are some extremely funny ones too. Whether you are an IFA or not, please take a look at some of the accounts below and follow if you like what you see – there are tweeters here that cater for all tastes.
It gives us great pleasure to announce the results as follows:
24 – 
Nick Bamford - 0.41% (2 votes) – Informed Choice Executive Director, Chartered Financial Planner, previous Chairman of the Society of Financial Advisers, Bristol Rovers FC supporter.
24 – 
Adrian Lowcock - 0.41% (2 votes) – Adrian is senior investment adviser at leading IFA Bestinvest. Tweets do not constitute financial advice and are Adrian’s personal views.
20 – 
Tom Baigrie - 0.62% (3 votes) – MD of Protection IFA LifeSearch and Financial Planner Baigrie Davies and Co. I tweet re fixing FS regulation & promoting New Model Advice and Protection.
20 – 
Philippa Gee - 0.62% (3 votes) – Fee-Based IFA at Philippa Gee Wealth Management Ltd in ‘Little Switzerland’. For me it is all about family, work & the occasional/extremely frequent chocolate.
20 – 
Paul CFP - 0.62% (3 votes) – Certified Financial Planner / Pension Geek / Golf lover / Dad / Living life with no what ifs ?!
20 – 
Louise FMB - 0.62% (3 votes) – Financial Planner / IFA @ privately owned practice in Lake District, 100% Independent.Sports enthusiast & proud Kendalian. Follow Mrs P for a variety of tweets!
17 – 
The Invest Coach - 1.04% (5 votes) – IFA, Certified Financial Planner (cm) and Chartered Financial Planner. First UK adviser certified to ISO 22222. Intellectual capital to benefit you.
17 – 
Howard Bullock - 1.04% (5 votes) – IFA, Clear Financial Advice. Awarded Financial Services Twitter Personailty of the Year 2010. Still searching for the perfect grape based beverage (miles away).
17 – 
Cancer IFA - 1.04% (5 votes) – IFA 20 yrs. Had Throat cancer 2007 so now talk to people with Cancer about their money issues. Writer, pilot and dancer.
16 – 
Cunningham UK - 1.45% (7 votes) – Multi-generational wealth strategist. Chartered Financial Planner & Pension Guru (FT Pension IFA ’11). Physics Graduate & Sceptical Empiricist. Sunset collector.
14 – 
Ovation Chris - 1.86% (9 votes) – MD of Ovation, fee based IFA practice. Cricket & music lover, play guitar (an Ovation!) in Mangetout, party band. Daytime tweets fun & financial, at night, fun.
14 – 
Macdonald Chris - 1.86% (9 votes) – IFA Account Manager, Nucleus Financial – a dedicated professional. Love to play & watch Football, Rugby, Cricket & Personal training.
13 – 
IFA Online UK - 2.07% (10 votes) – Comprehensive industry analysis for financial advisers. IFAonline delivers essential news & information financial intermediaries need to conduct their business.
12 – 
Nucleuswrap - 2.28% (11 votes) – Nucleus, winner of best platform award 2011, wrap provider founded in 2006 by a number of quality IFAs to initiate a sea-change in the investment market.
11 – 
Martin Bamford - 3.31% (16 votes) – MD of the award-winning @informedchoice, Chartered Financial Planner & CFP, Media IFA of the Year 2011, Father, Photographer, Ukulele Enthusiast, Kayak Paddler.
10 – 
IFP UK - 3.52% (17 votes) – The IFP is the professional body representing Financial Planners and Paraplanners in the UK.www.financialplanning.org.uk
9 – 
Rachel Gold - 4.35% (21 votes) – Financial Adviser and Legal Executive; Lincolnshire girl emigrated to Shropshire; love my MINI; travelling and holidays.
8 – 
Jamie Dewar - 5.38% (26 votes) – General SIPP, mortgage and overseas property insanity! Enjoying beer, rugby and battering the odd drum-kit. These are my own views and not those of the company.
7 – 
Ian Highton - 7.04% (34 votes) – Journalist, Professional Adviser and @IFAOnlineUK | Alasdair.Pal@IncisiveMedia.com | Tweets financial services; for journalism & more: @AlasdairPal
6 – 
Matthew Walne - 7.25% (35 votes) – Husband, Dad, Lifestyle Planner, IFA, music & sports fan. Helping people to understand the true value of money in their lives. Tweeting customers fairly!
3 – 
Old Skool Advice - 7.45% (36 votes) – Selling financial products – and anything else – the old fashioned way. This is a collective and a piss-take by the way.
3 – 
IFA Life - 7.45% (36 votes) – Founder of IFA Life, Professional speaker on Social Media in Financial Services, Author, ZZ Top lover, aspiring Kickboxer and tweets about Financial Planning
3 – 
IFA Blogger - 7.45% (36 votes) – Irreverent, contrarian. Lover of all things Bill Hicks and Christopher Hitchens. Builder of blogging communities @probord @skrivebord @flawbord – Tweets #NSFW
2 – 
Incisive Pal - 7.66% (37 votes) – Journalist, Professional Adviser and @IFAOnlineUK | Alasdair.Pal@IncisiveMedia.com | Tweets financial services; for journalism & more: @AlasdairPal
And the winner is….. 
PanaceaIFA - 23.19% (112 votes) – A free online IFA community of over 4,000 giving access to the very best of education, training, ideas, opportunity, support and a voice all in one place.
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