Innovators have it tough as investors remain nervous

First held in Guernsey in 2009, the Channel Islands Stock Exchange International Business Summit moved to Jersey last year and this year to the official residence of the Lord Mayor of the City of London.

Published Oct 4, 2011

A LACK of innovative new products hitting the market should come as no surprise considering the current nervousness among investors, the summit audience was told.

Speakers on the first panel discussion at Mansion House felt that the product landscape had significantly changed following the financial crisis.

'I have seen a lot of nervousness among investors in the past couple of years, especially as we had a bull market in the first half of this decade,' said Jeremy Beckwith, chief investment officer at Kleinwort Benson.

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