The file that sat at ninety per cent complete for five weeks
A prospective client agrees to move a portfolio across. The first meeting went well, the paperwork was emailed the same evening as a list of nine items, and seven of them came back within a fortnight. The other two did not.
Nobody chased, because chasing felt small and the adviser was busy with existing clients. Five weeks later the client had not moved anything, the enthusiasm had cooled, and a bank relationship manager had made a competing offer. The relationship was lost to an unsent reminder about a nominee form.
