Investments Archives - 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

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

Weighing in at 91 pages and backed by a study of more than 3,000 platform users, the consumer research element … Continued

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

Well, now. This has been a tricky one. Standard Life Aberdeen’s disposal of its life business to Phoenix, king of … Continued

March 1, 2018 by Mark Polson | Posted in: #industry #Investments #Platforms

The cat is officially out of the bag (not that we condone cats being in bags). One of the changes … Continued

January 21, 2018 by Mike Barrett | Posted in: #Investments #regulation

So, happy new year and all that. First full week back. Yay. Whilst everyone was off eating/drinking/bravely battling #manflu (delete … Continued

January 12, 2018 by Mike Barrett | Posted in: #industry #Investments #Platforms #regulation

The other week I had the pleasure of presenting in Birmingham to around 40 advisers. The session was a whistle … Continued

November 17, 2017 by Mike Barrett | Posted in: #industry #Investments

The lang cat’s Platform Market Scorecard was released to subscribers last week. You can read more about it here, but … Continued