As the EU referendum approaches, Darius McDermott outlines five ways advisers can help clients protect their portfolios and prepare for every scenario
The EU referendum on 23 June 2016 could be a close call. The latest polls are neck and neck, but bookies currently put about a 20% chance on us leaving the EU. The truth is, no one really knows what the result will be. The polls are notoriously unreliable and there has never really been a vote like this before: it's a binary decision, but people are voting on a variety of factors. We need to be as prepared as possible for every scenario. Short-term market volatility Whatever the longer-term outlook for the economy, I think it's safe to say that, in the very short-term, if a...
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