The result is in: Who won our adviser charging debate?

After four days of argument and counter argument and the votes of some 300 advisers, consultant Clive Waller shaded the debate with 59% of the vote, though Smith had consistent support throughout. > Catch up the debate from start to finish HERE < In our closing statements on 30 April, debate proposer Smith - who opened proceedings with the suggestion that percentage-of-assets charging models were a "relic of a bygone era" - agreed with Waller that how firms operate is ultimately down to them, and pointed out his business had operated an ad valorem model in the past. But his closin...