Throw out the old, bring in the ˜new'

The New Year has begun. Hangovers and indigestion are fading and we have another avalanche of fund launches, glitzy marketing brochures and interminable road shows to look forward to. Investors will once again suffer a whole series of investment crazes and will demand access to whatever the 'new thing' is at the time. And, as usual, your job will be to stop them from getting it. But, hidden in the maze of commercial self-interest, there will be a handful of genuinely interesting, thoughtfully constructed products that could usefully occupy a niche in your clients' portfolios. As can b...