It's my party and I'll plug if I want to

Fund manager presentations prove as integral to industry parties as strange deep-fried greenish things

"I do hope you don't think I'm being ungrateful or anything," I said to the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment group SmallBluePlanet as we basked in the magnificence of the bar and grill room at the Simonlodge on Borough High Street. "But why exactly are you having this party again?" "I thought I'd already made it clear," replied the chairman, beaming and waving his glass of champagne in the direction of all and sundry. "We just thought it would be nice to thank all the journalists and IFAs, who are helping to make this Isa season such a splendid one for SmallBluePlanet. It's...