18 reasons you know you're a financial adviser in London

18 reasons you know you're an adviser in the capital

Laura Miller
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Being a financial adviser in the capital has its perks but also the weight of underrated first world problems like the fear of dying at the Royal Exchange and the moral dilemma of whether a £5 pint is charity not an inducement...

  1 You know intimately the after-hours bars of Park Lane hotels, having attended the dozen trade publication awards ceremonies held there each year. 2 You've won at least once at each of the trade publication awards because, well, there are a dozen of them. 3 ​You don't require the signs at Bank station to know which exit you need for a meeting in the City. 4 ​You've spent more time at City-based retirement roadshows/alpha generator summits/absolute return diversified income brunches than you have exhaling. 5 You've thought really hard about running the London Marathon. ...

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