Hiding to nothing

Advertising campaigns for the recent Isa season come under scrutiny by the chairman

"I realise I may regret asking this," began the chairman of the insignificantly sized investment company SmallBlue Planet as we sampled a bottle of Chateau Barry at Technically It's Not A Personal Gift If The Whole Table Ends up Paying For It, "but might you set aside your feelings about the Barclays advertisement so we can discuss this year's Isa marketing calmly and rationally?" "I'll try," I replied. "Trouble is, that ad was about the only evidence I can remember seeing that the end of the tax year was upon us. Fidelity had a bit of a go with its umpteen collection points for any Isa a...