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".
What price, one price? A neat consumerist or political slogan perhaps, or something rather more serious?
What the recent FSA Guidance Note on investor risk profiling made clear was that it is useless to spend time assessing a customer's attitude to investment risk unless at least equal attention is given to ensuring the investment recommended matches the...
The FSA's Guidance Note on establishing a customer's risk tolerance and the suitability of recommendations identified a number of serious shortcomings in the processes of many advisers.
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.