In failing to develop client experiences rooted in men and women’s fundamentally different perspectives on finance, financial services institutions are missing a very significant business opportunity.” 

Oct 17, 2017 | In the news

Is it just me, or is this complete marketing twoddle? The reason less women take financial advice could be that a) 90% of advisers (my estimate from many years of attending adviser events) are male and, b) without unduly disrespecting my colleagues’ or overestimating my own powers of communication, the proportion who can communicate effectively with the opposite sex is representative of a) the rest of the male population and b) the number of marriages which end in divorce. We need more lady advisers just as much as we need more advisers under the age of 50. And the two needs are not mutually exclusive.

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“Apple versus the world”

Apple has just launched its first actual new product in quite a while, a virtual reality gizmo, and that is quite big news. What they do put out there is usually a big seller and makes still more big bucks.