setting the foxes to watch the henhouse
Sorry about the title of this post. Sometimes a piece jumps up that just fits into a cliche so neatly you can’t resist it, and this is one of those. Citywire reports that the UK Platform Group (broadly speaking the fund supermarkets) are putting together a proposal for a unified standard of disclosure for the […]
setting the foxes to watch the henhouse
Sorry about the title of this post. Sometimes a piece jumps up that just fits into a cliche so neatly you can’t resist it, and this is one of those. Citywire reports that the UK Platform Group (broadly speaking the fund supermarkets) are putting together a proposal for a unified standard of disclosure for the […]
all your rebate are belong to us pt.2
In my previous post (all your rebate are belong to us) I set out 3 wishes for the FSA platform paper we now know as CP10/29. The nice thing about the lang cat not being a vested interest is that I was able to take a bit of time to reflect before weighing in. Having […]
all your rebate are belong to us pt.2
In my previous post (all your rebate are belong to us) I set out 3 wishes for the FSA platform paper we now know as CP10/29. The nice thing about the lang cat not being a vested interest is that I was able to take a bit of time to reflect before weighing in. Having […]
Sorry, Macquarie
Macquarie’s decision this week to close its UK platform could hardly have been timed better, or worse. Previously serene platform hacks were sent into a gibbering caffeine-fuelled overdrive as they tried to cover CP10/29 and this big news from the Australian giant at the same time. The lang cat is under no such pressure, so […]
Sorry, Macquarie
Macquarie’s decision this week to close its UK platform could hardly have been timed better, or worse. Previously serene platform hacks were sent into a gibbering caffeine-fuelled overdrive as they tried to cover CP10/29 and this big news from the Australian giant at the same time. The lang cat is under no such pressure, so […]
what’s the right price for a platform?
I think many would answer that question with a Friedmanite ‘whatever the market will stand’. One major platform provider has just stated in their new business results that they are not seeing any, pressure to reduce margins, which I think is FD-speak for, wahey. The real answer is a bit more nuanced and it really […]
what’s the right price for a platform?
I think many would answer that question with a Friedmanite ‘whatever the market will stand’. One major platform provider has just stated in their new business results that they are not seeing any, pressure to reduce margins, which I think is FD-speak for, wahey. The real answer is a bit more nuanced and it really […]
