Sants leaves a legacy of industry collaboration - IFP

Laura Miller
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Hector Sants exits the FSA having fostered an environment of collaboration and consultancy within financial services, the Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) says.

Heated consultations between the regulator and the industry may not have pleased everyone, but this should not detract from the improvements made to the process, IFP chief executive Nick Cann says. "Hector Sants' legacy is he fostered a good collaborative consultancy between the regulator and the industry", Cann says. "Discussions may not have ended the way certain parts of the adviser community would have liked but greater collaboration is an important part of the process. "I hope whoever takes over from Hector has the same conviction." Strong leadership qualities coupled with ...

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