Naughty or nice: Who made our 2020 list?

Checking it twice...

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Father Christmas should already know which children have been good and bad this year, but he may need a nudge when it comes to financial services folks. So in the spirit of the season, PA has given the man in the red suit (and hopefully matching mask) a helping hand and compiled a list of those in the sector we believe have made the nice list - and those who may not have been so fortunate...

Will it be a stocking filled with hand sanitiser for those who behaved? Or a stocking stuffed with lockdown fines for those who did not stick to the rules this year? (Though to be fair, there have been so many rules and so many rule changes this year that it would be hard to claim to have stuck to them all, amiright?)  As a small disclaimer to this article, we should note that these lists are based on opinion and are certainly not exhaustive. It's just a bit of festive fun, a smidge of PA (stocking) filler, if you will. In fact, we would quite like to know who you think should be adde...

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