GROWTH FEARS

This might be a sexist thing to say, but I don't really think Downton Abbey is a bloke kind of programme.

How clever are your clients? I am not asking if they have degrees or MBAs, more how sophisticated are they in terms of their understanding of financial products? I am guessing the answer is generally: "not very sophisticated".

One of the surest things in the markets at the moment is that the Bank of England will miss its inflation target of 2% and the governor, Mervyn King, will have to write a letter to the Chancellor.

"I have quite a short time horizon - I am only looking at the next 35 years." A wry comment from Jamie Cayzer-Colvin, chairman of new EM boutique Ocean Dial Asset Management, but one that is fundamental to investment.

It is beginning to feel like the 1980s again in the UK - tax the rich and ban page three girls - at least according to the Liberal Democrats.

In the latest Conjecture debate, our panellists from Aviva Investors, Rathbones and S&P discussed Multi-manager.

"If you are going to panic, do it quickly," joked Hywel George from Integral Asset Management last week, as we pondered what was going on in markets. It was a different kind of discussion because we were joined by a real investor, that is, someone who...

In the latest Conjecture debate, our panellists from Barclays Wealth, Investec Structured Products and Morgan Stanley discussed UK Equity Income.

We do not really have celebrities in this industry, unlike other major sectors. Vacuum cleaners have James Dyson, cheap airlines have Stelios, and for everything else there is Richard Branson.