IFAonline's Heroes & Villains of 2010

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At first we thought we'd been asked to list our greatest heroes and villains of all time. Gene Hackman and Vladimir Kozak (Google him) were on that list. Turns out we had to limit it to 2010 and financial services…

INDUSTRY HEROES   Harriett Baldwin and Mark Garnier Until October of this year, that most popular of acronyms, RDR, had barely been uttered within the well-polished walls of Westminster. Then Conservative MPs Harriett Baldwin and Mark Garnier, who won their respective seats in May's election, came along. How those letters must ring in the ears of Treasury financial secretary Mark Hoban now. As a testament to their success, the Treasury Select Committee has called for written evidence on the Review, forcing the FSA to delay its final rules on professionalism. Is it possible the re...

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