Alarm bells: The growing income investor knowledge gap

Alarm bells: The growing income investor knowledge gap

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The income investor knowledge gap is a causing Jasper Berens sleepless nights but he believes advisers can join the dots

Given the relentless media attention that record low interest rates have received over the past couple of years, I was genuinely flabbergasted to learn that less than half of UK investors (44%) could correctly explain the term 'income investing', according to a survey J.P. Morgan Asset Management conducted. It seems to be the case that while many investors acknowledge the importance attached to generating income for their portfolios, too few actually know how to achieve this outcome. This is a huge concern and alarm bells should be ringing across our industry.   Breaking the com...

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