Phil Billingham: We need a fresh start - who's with me?

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The financial services industry can learn a thing or two about trust, forgiveness and reconciliation from the departed Nelson Mandela, argues Phil Billingham…

This was going to be an article about setting plans in place for 2014, offering some tips and hints, which is all perfectly sensible at this time of the year. Then, at 9.55pm on my Twitter feed as I was drafting this, news of the death of Nelson Mandela overwhelmed us all. Will you remember where you were when you heard the news? As I read the outpouring of grief and tributes, I wondered about the legacy Mandela leaves behind - forgiveness, reconciliation, a focus on the future - and what it could mean for us. Thinking about it gave me cause to consider the relationship between adv...

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