Sophie Robson, co-author of a new report on the attitudes to money of Britain’s twentysomethings, chaired a seven-strong panel on the theme for the CISI, at St Mary at Hill, an early Wren church around the corner from the Institute’s City of London office.
"Until now," she says, "these 20-29 year olds have known nothing other than a national drawing of the purse strings in their adult lives: falling wages, increasing competition for jobs, rising poverty, rock bottom interest rates, public spending cuts and a national housing crisis to name but a few of the hurdles most have had to vault to succeed in life."
So how has this affected the perceptions, attitudes and beliefs about the world of the children of Generation A, and why does this matter for CISI members?
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