Lots to think about after #finktank I do think investment services which charge for trading and don’t offer some form of advice and / or great content are stuffed. Impactful demos on #openbanking . As always fund manager innovation notable by its absence .....
“Men will come through after 2-3 calls, women might take 6 or 7. You might have to work a bit harder with the recruiter but the excuse that ‘female talent isn’t out there’ is just rubbish.” sounds about right @emilycox88@VirginMoney#womeninvesttoo
“The ability to coach someone when they’re down, when their kids are ill, when they need help, is what we look for in financial advice and services. We look for emotional intelligence. We don’t want a world full of Boris Johnsons.” Shaun Sandiford @sjpwealth#womeninvesttoo
“We found that women make better advisers. Men were better at regurgitating facts; women were better and contextualising and empathising with a client.” John Porteous on recent research run in the adviser space #womeninvesttoo
Calling all gardeners! Our podcast for M&G which follows the build-up to Chelsea -interviews with star designer Sarah Price, botanist James Wong, M&G CEO @AnneRichards16 , advisers @RuthSturkey @CitrusDavid - we hope you like it. Episode 1 of Let's Grow on iTunes now #letsgrow
Things I’ve learned at #FinovateEurope: everyone in Switzerland has a fintech startup, Alexa + live demo = 💀, smart casual jeans: go tight or go home. On post-lunch alert for flying buttons.
Tonight is the launch of our exhibition #planetinvestment at a pop-up in Soho. Re-imagining this alien universe and ripping up the rule book on how to talk about investments. Will be opened by @MorrisseyHelena - looking forward to sharing pics and videos tonight.