Three things your clients may call you about this week …

What made financial headlines over the weekend?

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The ghosts of Lehman; UK interest rate policy; and 'Guardian nice to fund manager' shock - here's our weekly heads-up on the financial stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend …

The Lehman ghosts are gathering but investors shouldn't be spooked With next Saturday the 10th anniversary of the event generally regarded as the start of the global financial crisis - the collapse of Lehman Brothers on 15 September 2008 - the press was never likely to hold back on articles marking the date and ruminating on lessons that have been learned or, just as likely, not learned. Here on Professional Adviser, we were not planning on doing any differently so let's kick off the week by highlighting this Sunday Times column from Ian Cowie, which chooses to look to the future and a...

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