It's easy to demonstrate high returns but they always deliberately show you the good runs.
E.g I dumped 60k into my TVC account last year just before the end of the tax year. That's now worth 110k for close to an 85% return in 10 months. Did I get lucky? Yes. Should I be managing your funds? Probably not. I'm a market maker, not a fund manager.
The St James Place experts / advisors in HK are similarly qualified to TEFL teachers. Most are just out of uni and took a crash course in recommending the highest cost funds. I presume they are also licensed people but it's ridiculously easy to pass the test.