INSIGHT-Hand-holding in the pandemic: Wealth managers grapple with new reality
During the
early days of March, Jill Fopiano was having trouble sleeping,
waking up at 3 o’clock in the morning, maybe 4 o’clock. She’d
been watching news of a virus in China, first out the corner of
her eye – was this like swine flu? – then more squarely, as
headlines rushed in about outbreaks on the west coast of
America. Fopiano wondered, in the darkness, if she should shut
down her office in Boston’s upscale Back Bay neighborhood.
early days of March, Jill Fopiano was having trouble sleeping,
waking up at 3 o’clock in the morning, maybe 4 o’clock. She’d
been watching news of a virus in China, first out the corner of
her eye – was this like swine flu? – then more squarely, as
headlines rushed in about outbreaks on the west coast of
America. Fopiano wondered, in the darkness, if she should shut
down her office in Boston’s upscale Back Bay neighborhood.
Posted by Reuters
