PLATFORMS THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
If it was a human, the platform sector would be studying for its A levels (or Highers, if it lived in Scotland). It would have started drinking about two years ago, wouldn’t be able to get a Glastonbury ticket for love nor money and would be seriously confused at the concept of a telephone that’s […]
PLATFORMS THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
If it was a human, the platform sector would be studying for its A levels (or Highers, if it lived in Scotland). It would have started drinking about two years ago, wouldn’t be able to get a Glastonbury ticket for love nor money and would be seriously confused at the concept of a telephone that’s […]
Indebted to technology
One of the housekeeping points I chatted through recently with @theactualpolson was the matter of company expenses. As much as I left my old job on good terms I had to relinquish my beloved old company credit card, so I needed to apply for a new one to cater for the massive Lang Cat expense […]
Graham Greene gets insured fund economics
The first blog from me for a very, very long time. Once you get out the habit of this stuff it’s hard to get back into it. Never mind, here we are now. I know how you’ve all missed it, so much so that you’ve barely felt able to articulate how keenly you feel its […]
Graham Greene gets insured fund economics
The first blog from me for a very, very long time. Once you get out the habit of this stuff it’s hard to get back into it. Never mind, here we are now. I know how you’ve all missed it, so much so that you’ve barely felt able to articulate how keenly you feel its […]
Let the tweaking commence
See, they all bang on about ‘it’s not price, it’s value?‘ and all that kind of thing, and then the tweaking starts. The latest tweak isn’t from a platform; it’s from a DFM. Brooks Mac, a highly respectable and well-supported DFM is cutting the charge for its model portfolios from an average of 60bps inc […]
Let the tweaking commence
See, they all bang on about ‘it’s not price, it’s value?‘ and all that kind of thing, and then the tweaking starts. The latest tweak isn’t from a platform; it’s from a DFM. Brooks Mac, a highly respectable and well-supported DFM is cutting the charge for its model portfolios from an average of 60bps inc […]
Pension transparency FTW
Nothing to do with platforms for a change… We were heartened – heartened I say – by the news today that investment providers to pension schemes will be forced to disclose all charges; not just the highly dubious headline Annual Management Charge (AMC). For those unaware, investment funds incur a load of costs over and […]
Pension transparency FTW
Nothing to do with platforms for a change… We were heartened – heartened I say – by the news today that investment providers to pension schemes will be forced to disclose all charges; not just the highly dubious headline Annual Management Charge (AMC). For those unaware, investment funds incur a load of costs over and […]
TR13/5, with advertising
Last week, the FCA published TR13/5, positioning it as an early report card on how advisers are doing with their implementation of RDR. Accompanied by some challenging research from NMG on how consumers are responding so far to Adviser Charging and Scope of Service disclosure, TR13/5 particularly piqued ourÃÂ curiosity at lang cat HQ. Why? […]
