Prando's Asset Management - A bow to the wow

The chairman ponders the size of a cultural gap

Julian Marr
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"Nice event but why so little on the royal baby?" asked the chairman of the improbably-sized investment company Prandeamus Asset Management when we finally bumped into each other at the end of Tuesday's gratifyingly attended PA360 conference.

"I guess junior Isas and child pensions weren't a priority when we were putting the programme together," I replied. "Though clearly that was an oversight on our part. "That, at least, is what I have gathered from the flood of baby-related press releases I've received over the last few days - of which ‘Create a velvet throne of financial security for your own little prince or princess' from the good, good people of Tilney stands head and shoulders above the rest." "Wow," said the chairman. "That is committed. Do you think they were being serious or tongue-in-cheek?" "Does it matter?" I sh...

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