Innovate to accumulate

"What we need to do in this industry is get people to invest all the way through the cycle," - a com...

"What we need to do in this industry is get people to invest all the way through the cycle," - a comment the top man at Thames River Capital, Charlier Porter, made to me the other week as we chewed the fat on the world, markets and financial advice. We went on to debate how we get to that position, which in itself is a couple of my grouses and a good few hours of Porter's time covering issues like financial education, suitability of products, investment horizons and the marketing of funds. Fundamental to the debate would be whether we, as an industry, give investors what they really nee...