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While Edward Goodchild’s clients have ‘enough wealth that they don’t have immediate concerns’ about the crisis, he says they are still not ‘above financial dislocation’. Therefore the services of Chawker & Co are needed more than ever.

‘The portfolios have shown great resilience,’ Goodchild confirms, adding that the firm has discouraged a knee-jerk response to major market falls and kept asset allocation broadly the same.

He opts out of disclosing a value for the assets under Chawker’s management, deeming it an irrelevant metric: ‘I don’t mind how big or small the client is, I only care that it’s cost-effective for clients and commercially prudent for the business.’