Investors urged to control portfolios

IRISH investors are being urged to take control of their investment portfolios to beat the current market turmoil.

Padraig O’Riordan, joint head of leading stockbroking firm Dolmen Butler Briscoe in Cork, says investors should research their own investments rather than hand over money to discretionary portfolio managers.

“In the past six months we have seen a lot of value destroyed by investors handing over their hard-earned money to discretionary portfolio managers.