Tinder, Match, or speed dating: The DFM/platform relationship

"It is what's on the inside that counts," says every parent to their children as they try to navigate them away from the frivolity of choosing a lifelong partner based on aesthetics. Those worldly-wise parents realise that a successful relationship will be built on shared interests, values, and a commitment to work through the good times and the bad. As those blonde-haired, blue-eyed platforms continue to flutter their eyelashes at us handsome discretionary fund managers (DFMs), we should remember those words of our parents. As I interact with the heads of platforms, it strikes me...