'Not a job I wanted': Sants in his own words

I'M SORRY

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As Hector Sants announces his departure from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) this summer, IFAonline looks back at what he has had to say over the years.

Sants was due to head up the Prudential Regulation Authority and was to be deputy governor of the Bank of England, but he will now not take on those roles. Here are some of the more memorable quotes from Sants's time at the helm, starting with this gem from 2009...

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