Three things your clients may call you about this week… SJP director Morrissey admits clients may not understand fees

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The transparency of fees, 'star' managers potentially going out of favour and IHT law changes - here's our weekly heads-up on the financial stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend …

SJP customers may not understand fees, says new director Helena Morrissey While your clients may not exactly call you about this article - although it may prompt them to ring you up to congratulate you on the transparency of your service - we could not leave out this piece from The Telegraph over the weekend. Dame Helena Morrissey, the former chief executive of Newton who joined St James's Place as a non-executive director at the beginning of this year, has admitted she struggled to understand the advice giant's fees - even when explained to her. SJP's fees have long been something of...

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