Mike Barrett - the lang cat

HMRC take HL to the (super)cleaners

Summer holidays are always a good time to bury good news, and as I glanced at my iphone from my … Continued

August 20, 2019 by Mike Barrett | Posted in: #industry #Investments #Platforms

Week two of the boss man’s holiday is normally when he finally switches off, and radio silence is maintained. I … Continued

July 10, 2019 by Mike Barrett | Posted in: #Top Class Wednesday Update

If you are a regular reader of this email, boy did you get a classic end of season cliff-hanger at … Continued

July 3, 2019 by Mike Barrett | Posted in: #Top Class Wednesday Update

As fans of a good box set will tell you, the trick is to keep the audience wanting more, but … Continued

March 14, 2019 by Mike Barrett | Posted in: #Platforms #regulation

MIFID II – HOW? WOW? Yesterday I had the pleasure of taking part in the latest Paraplanner Howwow; a fun … Continued

Like a bad follow up album that no-one really wants, MIFID is back. 12 months ago we had the first … Continued

January 24, 2019 by Mike Barrett | Posted in: #Platforms #regulation

It’s a tough job putting our annual guides together. For both our recently published Guide to Direct Platform Investing and … Continued

September 22, 2018 by Mike Barrett | Posted in: #industry #Investments #regulation

Can you remember what you were doing on 17 July 2017? If you work in platform land[1] chances are you … Continued

July 16, 2018 by Mike Barrett | Posted in: #industry #Platforms #regulation

Today is a significant day for asset management in the UK. The Asset Management Market Study has taken a big … Continued

April 5, 2018 by Mike Barrett | Posted in: #industry #Investments #regulation

Today’s announcement that, in the view of Judge Thomas Scott, HMRC have been incorrectly treating fund rebates as taxable could … Continued