Platforms: ‘Major disruption’ to 90% of assets

Almost 90% of advised platform assets are subject to some major form of business disruption which may cause advisers to re-examine their choice of platforms, platform experts the Lang Cat have estimated.

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Mark Polson: Platforms so often miss basics that make planners happy

Financial Planning Today magazine recently conducted a reader’s survey, which found about 26% looking to switch platform because they felt the service failed to be adequate.

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Mark Polson: Platform sector needs shaking up

The platform sector needs shaking up, a leading analyst says, as he criticised increasingly ‘clunky’ interfaces and poor reporting for clients.

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The Lang Cat's Polson says clients paying more post-RDR

Platform guru Mark Polson told the UK's leading Paraplanner Conference today that most clients were paying more for platform services post-RDR but were "getting a better experience."
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