Why advisers should adopt Gaudi's 'my client is not in a hurry' approach

Dan Brocklebank makes keynote speech at PA360

Isabel Baxter
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Financial advisers have been urged to refocus on long-term thinking as modern markets are beginning to resemble a “casino”, driven by short-term behaviour, delegates heard at PA360.

Speaking at Professional Adviser's PA360 conference today (23 April), Orbis Investments head of UK Dan Brocklebank spoke on the role of financial advice in an increasingly fast-moving world, and urged advisers to refocus on long-term thinking, warning that modern markets are beginning to resemble "a casino" driven by short-term behaviour. He opened with the story of Antoni Gaudí and the Sagrada Familia, highlighting the architect's famous response to criticism of slow progress: "My client is not in a hurry."  For Brocklebank, that line captures a core principle. "It makes clear whose ...

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