IMA chief: It is no longer as much fun to work in financial services

THE BIG INTERVIEW

A year after he took the helm of the Investment Management Association, Daniel Godfrey tells Hardeep Tawakley about the unprecedented changes the industry has been experiencing in 2013, and why the IMA must stay ahead of the regulators.

Having been in the role of chief executive at the Investment Management Association (IMA) for a year, Daniel Godfrey admits he no longer has the “cover of being new” when dealing with the hard questions.  And there has been no shortage of difficult questions for Godfrey to answer during his first year in the role.  Accusations of a lack of transparency on fund charges, and conflicting interests between managers and customers, has seen the sector suffer the wrath of the financial authorities over the past year.  Less than a month before Godfrey took over at the IMA, the Financial Servi...