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Hector, don't worry, we were scared of the FSA

| By Gavin Lumsden | 02:44 | 09 February 2010

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Hector Sants’ mistake was that the people were afraid of the regulator – afraid it couldn’t do its job.

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Has Sants escaped the sinking RDR ship?

| By Michelle McGagh | 10:59 | 09 February 2010

Why employ someone to head up the RDR, if he's not going to be there to see it through?

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Benchmarking IFAs: it's not all about investment performance

| By Yvonne Goodwin | 08:31 | 08 February 2010

Yvonne Goodwin ponders over the creation of a IFA benchmark -how can it work when adviser propositions are so radically different?

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Standard Life shows wrappers are dead, long live wraps

| By Gavin Lumsden | 02:48 | 04 February 2010

The latest results from Standard Life confirm the new way some 'life' offices are going.

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How many Tory economic policies can you name?

| By Tony Bonsignore | 02:40 | 02 February 2010

Seriously, how many, without looking them up first?

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Wraps race to unbundle

| By Michelle McGagh | 07:00 | 02 February 2010

Will the RDR sound the death knell for bundled charging on wraps and has Standard Life got the right idea with its 'semi-bundled' offer?

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Artemis buy-out shows US deal hunters looking at UK

| By Gavin Lumsden | 05:52 | 01 February 2010

US firms are finding attractive opportunities in UK financial services.

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Wrap charges: has Aviva done us a favour?

| By Gavin Lumsden | 08:50 | 29 January 2010

Allowing advisers to take up to 10% initial commission is one way to get the issue of wrap charges out in the open.

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Clarke vs. Mandy: GDP figures are more important than politics

| By Richard Harris | 07:14 | 26 January 2010

Mandelson and Clarke square off on Channel 4 News over the GDP figures. But is this really a time for political opportunism?

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