How to survive Consumer Duty

Tom McPhail and Mike Barrett talk through the key issues from the 200-odd pages from the FCA’s Consumer Duty papers.

The Top Class Wednesday Update would like a laser pen please

Afternoon all. Mike here. I’m taking control of the weekly update whilst Mark puts up the Christmas decorations in anticipation of the first lang cat office party for two years tomorrow afternoon. Apologies in advance to anyone I bounce to voicemail on Friday morning…. My favourite part of any James Bond movie is when he […]

The Top Class Wednesday Update loves a long launch

Happy December everyone, a couple of deep breaths and it’ll soon be time to have a break and wave goodbye to another pretty minging year. In the meantime, though, we have new Stuff to think about and play with! This doesn’t happen so often these days; I remember a time not all that long ago […]

Impact of poor service

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The Impact of Poor Service

We provided the research for a report, in conjunction with Parmenion, which reveals how far short of expectations many adviser platforms are falling. The research found that over the last 12 months, 88% of advisers needed to apologise to at least one of their clients on behalf of a platform, and that poor service delivery from platforms impacts 91% of advisers every day.

Impact of poor service

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The Impact of Poor Platform Service

We provided the research for a report, in conjunction with Parmenion, which reveals how far short of expectations many adviser platforms are falling. The research found that over the last 12 months, 88% of advisers needed to apologise to at least one of their clients on behalf of a platform, and that poor service delivery from platforms impacts 91% of advisers every day.

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Answering the Call

Service means a lot of things to a lot of different people. It’s so subjective it can be hard to put your finger on. This paper aims to challenge the status quo and inertia that’s built up in the sector for many years.