I have long had an interest in investment markets, and joined the private client team of a London stockbroking firm straight from university in 1986. Until 2012 I worked for firms that we now think of as Discretionary Fund Managers (DFMs) that are the modern incarnation of private client advisers.
From 2013 to 2017 I consulted to FCA-regulated firms helping on bespoke projects. From late 2017 I retrained as a Financial Planner so as to widen my prior DFM experience. I now mainly advise on pension planning, investment management and protection (insurance) needs.