“Dealing with some insurance companies can make you want to stab yourself.” – Hargreaves Lansdown’s Tom McPhail at PMI conference.”It’s not a good day to change your personality.” – Stand-ard Life PR Emma Wylie discusses the editor’s approach to life the day after the Money Marketing Awards”If you want to insult a man’s manhood, tell him he can’t do percentages.” – Morley PR Monina Villaroman.”GMAC? That’s the name of the cab firm I use in Hackney.” – Villaroman again.”Perhaps we should do a setting sun award.” – Headline Money’s Roger Anderson muses on the rising star category in the Headline Money awards.
“We don’t drink champagne at lunch. We had it for breakfast. It’s very good with Special K” – Lansons PR Lisa Folwell.”I had it on my porridge” – Lansons PR Inez de Koning.”If you are going to wear Barcelona colours, bring a baseball bat.” – Skandia’s Billy Mackay on dress code for Stamford Bridge. Any Out of Contexts or Diary stories? Send them to Diary editor James Phillipps, email: james.phillipps@centaur.co.uk or tel: 0207 943 8035View more on these topicsNews
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I have noted with interest the antics of some of the more struggling fund supermarkets. I am reliably informed that each quarter, one particular fund supermarket claims astronomic figures but no one can work out why they do not ever seem to get very far ahead.
Simplification set for investment tax
The Government is aiming for a radical reform of investment trusts and Oeic investments in an overhaul of the investment sector on a par with the pension revolution.
‘Keeping Isa limit is not enough to encourage savers’
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By Kunal Desai, head of Indian equities, Neptune Since the election of Narendra Modi as prime minister in May 2014, Indian equities have gone on to outperform both developed and emerging markets. A busy period of governmental and economic reforms, a lower oil price and falling political risk have been the primary drivers over this […]
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FCA to crack down on ambulance chasers
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Fears over investment trust sales as new disclosure hikes costs
Investment trust sales may come under pressure due to new EU rules, experts have warned. The potential benefits of gearing on investment trusts risk being overlooked as new cost reporting rules make them look more expensive compared with open-ended funds. Traditionally, closed-ended funds have looked attractive based on lower costs compared with other structures, as […]