RSMR's Geoff Mills says the first thing he would do if he was head of the FCA for a day would be to look at firms' gift and entertainment registers - though perhaps not for the reason you might expect.
"I just feel the recent focus on inducements and entertainments for people to do what has happened in commerce for hundreds of years but is now frowned upon is rather disappointing," he explains. Tongue in cheek, he adds: "I'd be interested in that day [as head of the FCA] to see what the guys at the FCA actually do - though I'll say no more otherwise I may be digging a bigger hole than I already have." Mills is the latest Adviser Champion to appear in Professional Adviser's series of video interviews, which has most recently featured iShares' Joe Parkin, Mazars' David Baker and Morni...
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