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PIMS 2013: clients too easily seduced by ‘bespoke DFM’ tag

IFAonline | 16 May 2013 | 11:59

Advisers should be aware that their clients may be unreasonably seduced by the idea that a bespoke discretionary fund managed (DFM) portfolio is 'created especially for them', according to one asset manager.

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Six ways to match your approach with your DFM's

IFAonline | 08 Mar 2013 | 12:10

There are many things firms can do to ensure attitude-to-risk alignment with their discretionary fund manager (DFM), writes Karen Bond, director at consultants Walbrook Partners...

Armchair critic: what's in a name?

IFAonline | 28 Feb 2013 | 08:00

Brendan Llewellyn, owner of Marketing Edge and director of Adviser Home, is our Armchair critic, offering an alternative take on all things financial services. In his first column, he asks: why do we have names for products which mean little to the people they're targeted at?

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