Balancing act: Can groups grow margins and help lower net worth clients?

Graham Dow, head of investment group relations at Standard Life, says any moves by asset managers to help lower net worth savers face some serious hurdles.

I'm not sure about you but my initial amusement at watching people pouring ice-cold water over themselves has turned to boredom and, when nominated (again), mild irritation. It's not that I don't believe in the charities for which these selfless acts are being undertaken - it's just that, well, I've seen enough now. Watching hundreds of ice bucket videos on my Facebook page has, at least, held back some of the more volatile debates taking place just now but I do wonder where all of this ends? At what point does somebody say "I can't nominate anyone because I was the last person in the...