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Shock: Telling staff to quit "playing the victim" won't go down well.

The Morning Briefing: Fresh faces and financial freedom By Justin Cash & Sonia Rach 11 th February 2021 7:29 am Good morning and welcome to your Morning Briefing for Thursday 11 February, 2021. To get this in your inbox every morning click here. Fresh Faces After last year’s redundancies, M&G Wealth is hoping to “radically increase” the number of its self-employed, restricted planners with a launch of new adviser academy. Last year, 250 Pru planners were put at the risk of redundancy with an option to apply for 150 spots at self-employed arm The Advice Partne...

Employees left ‘heartbroken’ after being told to stop ‘playing the victim’

Relations between KPMG's bosses became so toxic that senior figures were asked to hand over their phones to leak investigators

Michael, who was hospitalised with Covid-19 in March last year, rejoined the call and apologised to staff who had criticised his choice of words, later emailing an apology to the full team. It is also understood that Michael told a staff session that he was still meeting clients for coffee, despite Covid lockdown restrictions. KPMG has launched an independent investigation into Michael’s comments, which is being conducted by City law firm Linklaters. While the investigation takes place, Michael has been temporarily replaced by two female partners. Bina Mehta has stepped into the role of cha...