Assess THIS: our thoughts on the FCA’s Asset Management Market Study paper PS18/08
Today is a significant day for asset management in the UK. The Asset Management Market Study has taken a big … Continued
JOB AD – WE NEED A CONSULTANT AND WE NEED ONE NOW
This is a job advertisement from the lang cat. Hello. We’re the lang cat and as well as a digital … Continued
JOB AD – WE NEED A DIGITAL SWISS ARMY KNIFE
This is a job advert from the lang cat. Hello. We’re the lang cat and we’re on the hunt for … Continued
HMRC kill superclean funds?
Today’s announcement that, in the view of Judge Thomas Scott, HMRC have been incorrectly treating fund rebates as taxable could … Continued
STAT ATTACK! The lang cat’s Q4 2017 advised platform market scorecard is out now.
Terry Huddart summarises the lang cat’s findings from the new edition of its advised Platform Market Scorecard A massive period … Continued
Our thoughts on the Standard Life / Phoenix announcement
Well, now. This has been a tricky one. Standard Life Aberdeen’s disposal of its life business to Phoenix, king of … Continued
“I would have got away with it too if it wasn’t for those meddling KIIDs”
The cat is officially out of the bag (not that we condone cats being in bags). One of the changes … Continued
MIFID reality check
So, happy new year and all that. First full week back. Yay. Whilst everyone was off eating/drinking/bravely battling #manflu (delete … Continued
the lang cat’s roundup of 2017
The year is ebbing away as I write this; Hogmanay is upon us and the fortified wine is running low. … Continued
the lang cat’s albums of 2017
So this is the seventh set of choices that I’ve fired out into the listless void, being as how we’re … Continued