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

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 ...