Farewell Mark 'McDonald's' Hoban

McDonald's Taking up the ministerial position when the coalition came into power in May 2010, Hoban first hit the radar of advisers later that year when he presented the government's stance on the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) in a Westminster Hall debate. Perhaps the lines seared in the memory of advisers were on the importance of raising professionalism standards: "The current minimum financial adviser qualification is at the same level as a diploma in shift management offered by McDonald's. "We should all reflect on that for a moment: the products being sold by IFAs are inf...