JULY 2021
Advisers assemble: Why more advisers and DFMs are choosing to operate their own platform

March 21

We’re pleased to announce that the lang cat’s 2020/21 guide to advised investment platforms, State of the Platform Nation, is now live.

February 21

We’ve updated our Guide to ISA Investing for 2021. It’s for you if you’re looking for a bit of help when deciding on the best home for your stocks and shares ISA.

January 21

Welcome to our first-ever ESG paper – ‘Crossing The ESG Event Horizon: An Adviser’s Guide’.

October 2021

Welcome to the revised, refreshed and rebranded update to our exploration of drawdown income sustainability.

October 2020

Welcome to the third of the lang cat’s Lockdown Papers. Serenity, Courage, Wisdom.

August 2020

Following the launch of Platform Analyser we wanted to create a white paper looking at best practice for due diligence.

July 2020

In this paper we take a lang cat-style look at Centralised Investment Propositions. With our recent research showing over 80% of firms now have a CIP of one form or another.

March 2020

Want to invest in a stocks and shares ISA but not quite sure where to start?

March 2020

It’s always a good idea to know what you’re paying for something. How else can you decide whether you’re getting a good deal?

October 19

We’ve long suspected it, but finally have the evidence: complexity is highly effective in stopping people from understanding the charges they pay for investments and then switching.

October 19

Those of you with excellent memories (or quite possibly too much spare time) may recall that, around this time last year, we took a long hard look at the barriers getting in between advisers and investment companies.