At first sight he is probably the least likely candidate for the title of “gamechanger” within the UK asset and wealth management sector.

After all this phrase is invariably framed as positive rather than malign.

But when the history of the sector for 2019 comes to be written, the name of Neil Woodford will surely merit much more than just a footnote. 

The reality is that the collapse of the LF Woodford Equity Income Fund, open-ended investment company (OEIC), and the subsequent fall of the Oxford-based Woodford Investment Management (WIM), will almost certainly have significant implications for the s...