"When did it become the norm for everyone to talk through the speeches at these sorts of bashes?" asked the chairman of the improbably-sized investment company Prandeamus Asset Management as I returned to our table last night.
I had just been onstage extending my welcome to the 2017 Professional Adviser Awards but it was debatable how many of the gratifyingly large audience had noticed. "I don't want to burst your bubble," the chairman continued, "but I swear the noise levels have actually dropped since you stopped talking. I mean, the bits I could make out of your speech didn't seem that bad - so what's it all about, do you think?" "Oh, I'm certainly not taking it personally," I replied - not altogether truthfully. "I think it can come down to a number of things - the shape of the room, for starters. "Then...
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