IFAs vote Robson to take FSA top slot

When asked who should replace John Tiner when he leaves his chief executive role later this year, 56% of IFAonline readers who added their vote to a recent straw poll suggested Sir Steve Robson would be best placed to take over. Robson has strong links with the Treasury as a former permanent secretary and managing director of the finance, industry and regulation directorate the Treasury, and is currently non-exec director of the Royal Bank of Scotland. A quarter of IFAonline’s more optimistic readers believe an IFA should step into the role, based on 27% of the vote, while 10% said the ce...