'Some sort of holy huddle' The best IFP Conference quotes

Scott Sinclair
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Tennis, 'mom and pop shops' and a nod to Winston Churchill. The very best quotes from the IFP Conference 2010.

"It's a bit like hitting a tennis ball against a wall and saying: 'sooner or later, I'm going to win." Charles Ellis, founder of Greenwich Associates, on beating the market "Some people are looking at the issue of independent versus restricted as though it is independent versus the devil." IFP chief executive Nick Cann "The RDR is unquestionably bringing new members into the IFP. I think, previously, we were seen as some sort of holy huddle." Former IFP president Barry Horner "Financial planners were seen as sort of mom and pop shops, and we need to be seen as more than that." Horn...

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