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Fees Faff The press office at the Financial Services Authority made a faux pas last week when deputy editor Natalie Thomas telephoned to ask about its funding requirement for 2012/13.
Thomas got excited when the press officer directed her to the section of the report showing that the fees were going down and not up.
After repeatedly clarifying the fees were indeed going down, Thomas phoned Association of Mortgage Intermediaries director Rob Sinclair to ask his thoughts on the good news, only to find out she been misinformed and the FSA had been referring to investment brokers.
Mole wonders if brokers could play the same trick on the FSA next time their fees are due.
High Flyers It’s that time of year when people start to do crazy things for charity.
Mortgage Strategy editor Rob Thickett is already having nightmares about his charity run up the 920 steps of Tower 42 in the City of London to help raise money for Shelter on March 1.
But that’s nothing compared with Complete Mortgage and Loan Services’ boss Tony Salentino, who will be jumping out of a plane in Suffolk to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
The skydive was actually a present from Salentino’s wife for his 50th birthday last March.
And after just under a year of excuses he’s finally going to take the plunge on February 12 wearing a Mortgage Strategy T-shirt.
“I’d been putting off the skydive for a while but now I can’t escape,” a nervous Salentino told Mole.
To support Thickett in his climb go to http://uk. virginmoneygiving.com/ RobertThickett.
And to help Salentino in his efforts visit www.justgiving.com/tony-salentino.
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