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All change in Platform Land

Any thoughts of a quiet end to the year in platform land [1] were firmly kicked into touch at … Continued

December 2, 2020 by Mike Barrett | Posted in: #industry #Platforms

During the 2010s, several commentators were fond of sayings things like ‘within five years, there will only be four or … Continued

This announcement from AJ Bell caught my eye yesterday. You really should click on the link to find out more … Continued

April 9, 2020 by Mike Barrett | Posted in: #industry #Platforms

So, it’s my second to last working day before paternity leave starts and I’m ticking off items on the to-do … Continued

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

A few quick thoughts on the announcement from Octopus today that it will acquire Seccl for £10m subject to regulatory … Continued

August 15, 2019 by Mark Polson | Posted in: #industry #Platforms

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

Well, the covers are off and we now have full year 2018 data for the advised platform market. It’s been … Continued

March 13, 2019 by Mark Polson | Posted in: #Platforms

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