A new dawn rises – but not on exit charges
Nick Paler’s interview with Hargreavesâ?? Ian Gorham in Professional Adviser last week caught my eye. Headlined ‘We will not scrap exit fees until FCA tightens transfer rules‘, in it Gorham explains the thinking behind Hargreaves campaign for the FCA to take action and make transfers of stock easier to do across the whole industry. It’s […]
Free pension with every purchase! Cofunds sharpens its pencil.
Just a short post to confirm that as of today Cofunds has removed the establishment (setup) and annual charge on its Suffolk Life-provided Cofunds Pension Account (CPA). This is a welcome development. For a long time I’ve been banging on about ‘mid-market’ (sorry) platforms cutting off their noses to spite their faces with differential pension […]
Free pension with every purchase! Cofunds sharpens its pencil.
Just a short post to confirm that as of today Cofunds has removed the establishment (setup) and annual charge on its Suffolk Life-provided Cofunds Pension Account (CPA). This is a welcome development. For a long time I’ve been banging on about ‘mid-market’ (sorry) platforms cutting off their noses to spite their faces with differential pension […]
Pension and platform transfer research: the lang cat needs YOU!
It’s a funny old industry we operate in. You’re sat at your desk; eating lunch and listening to the budget speech; mainly to see how much wine is going up by; and then! well, we were all there. There’s been a lot of discussion about the impact of Budget 2014 on various aspects of the […]
Pension and platform transfer research: the lang cat needs YOU!
It’s a funny old industry we operate in. You’re sat at your desk; eating lunch and listening to the budget speech; mainly to see how much wine is going up by; and then! well, we were all there. There’s been a lot of discussion about the impact of Budget 2014 on various aspects of the […]
The duck test
Ducks are straightforward creatures and there is very little confusion or debate involved in whether or not you have seen one. Such is this clarity of recognition that ducks have become a benchmark in establishing confidence in the identification of other items. What may not be so familiar (for the moment at least) is the […]
The duck test
Ducks are straightforward creatures and there is very little confusion or debate involved in whether or not you have seen one. Such is this clarity of recognition that ducks have become a benchmark in establishing confidence in the identification of other items. What may not be so familiar (for the moment at least) is the […]
No victims, only participants in this price war
I’ve been banging on a bit on twitter recently about not being in favour of the Great Direct Platform Price War. However, thinking more about it, I’ve come to the conclusion that the actual price war is fine. It’s the narrative in the media that is the problem. For me, a narrow focus on price […]
No victims, only participants in this price war
I’ve been banging on a bit on twitter recently about not being in favour of the Great Direct Platform Price War. However, thinking more about it, I’ve come to the conclusion that the actual price war is fine. It’s the narrative in the media that is the problem. For me, a narrow focus on price […]
A guest blog from Ivan Opinion
Hello. We’ve been really chuffed with the interaction we’ve had on the blog since starting to cover Hargreaves Lansdown and the other direct platforms. So we asked a couple of our more prolific commenters if they’d be willing to write some stuff for us – and we’re delighted to say that Ivan Opinion (and yes, […]