Y TREE's analysis of 550 portfolios found that 84 per cent of wealth managers underperformed in 2025. Wealth management underperformance cost investors up to a third of their expected returns — and most don't even know it's happening.
The fifth anniversary of the closure of the Woodford Equity Income Fund (WEIF) is two weeks away. More than 300,000 investors were affected by WEIF’s implosion. Some of them planned to retire by now but are still having to work to recoup the money they lost. Many died without receiving any compensation. You would hope by now the financial industry would have learned the lessons of this sorry saga. Alas I fear it hasn’t, and, five years on, the chance of a recurrence has never
Robin Powell
Jan 5, 20254 min read
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