Have you ever left a job for the promise of greener pastures, only to find that it failed to live up to your expectations?
Perhaps the responsibility was too stressful, the money insufficient to compensate for the workload, or the job description just didn’t accurately reflect what it …
UK financial advisers are becoming increasingly pragmatic this year in their attitudes towards investment platforms.
Practical considerations, such as simplicity of use, range of investment products and pricing, have grown in resonance as primary drivers behind adviser choice to use one platform versus another.
Of limited …
The dismal science might be getting a battering during these volatile times, but as a former academic this burningpants correspondent can’t help viewing new developments in the financial world through the prism of basic economic principles, particularly the simple concept of substitute goods.
Don’t worry, this won’t be …
A few months ago, your humble burningpants correspondent was working with a large insurance company in their annual planning session, setting up the go-to-market strategies for the year ahead.
We were deep in the Hunter Valley at a town that had all the signs it had once been …
