Be wary of the light at the end of the tunnel

Two thirds of UK senior managers might feel too vulnerable to office politics to take their annual holiday but carefully planned business trips can cover a multitude of personal, social and professional needs. Each year about this time, a dirty dozen of the investment industry's finest free-thinkers conspire to meet, funded by their respective employers. Sadly, we seldom achieve full house, but a decade-long tradition dictates that a quorum is eight. If time is the new money, we are paupers. For two days, we are slaves to marketing lunches and client presentations, and the intervening eve...