There was a Shakespearean inevitability about the whole thing - Neil Woodford's fund suspension has dominated the headlines all week so of course The Pro Adviser Podcast had no choice but to consider its implications ...
After Woodford's Equity Income Fund was suspended to all trading on Monday (3 June) the fallout was inevitable - but not many would have expected it to be perhaps quite this dramatic. In this episode of the podcast, Tom Ellis speaks to AJ Bell personal finance analyst Laura Suter about the whole saga. She explains why Woodford's illiquid holdings were his downfall and addresses the potential impact the suspension could have on active management and the potential ramifications it could have for advisers and their clients and indeed on trust in the wider investment sector. You can list...
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