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UK Platform Awards 2012 details announced

IFAonline | 24 Apr 2012 | 11:51

Details for the 2012 UK Platform Awards have been released.

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Platform awards dinner raises £22k for charity

Last year’s Aberdeen UK Platform Awards dinner raised more than £22,000 for the Help for Heroes charity, organiser CWC Research has announced.

IFAonline | 10 Apr 2012 | 16:18
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Advisers clash with bosses on independence

Most advisers intend to retain their independent status post RDR, but this appears to clash with the plans of firm principals and network bosses, research suggests.

IFAonline | 29 Mar 2012 | 11:15

Other CWC research articles

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Individual IP - Time to change gear?

Owain Thomas finds that, sometimes, driving a Ford Focus rather than an Aston Martin is a good thing

Cover | 16 Dec 2011 | 10:20
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Blog: How can you regulate software?

After the fall-out from the FSA’s recent platform policy paper, CWC Research’s Clive Waller warns the regulator is not concerned enough about consumer outcomes.

Professional Adviser | 18 Aug 2011 | 08:00
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Advisers unswayed by protection policy pricing - Research

Research has shown advisers assess product attributes over any pricing consideration when advising on protection.

Cover | 15 Jul 2011 | 15:50
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Waller: we cannot rule out RDR read-across to protection

A 'read-across' of the retail distribution review (RDR) to the protection space remains a possibility and intermediaries must continue to lobby hard to prevent it, an industry consultant said.

Cover | 14 Jul 2011 | 16:14
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IFAs lack protection knowledge as RDR presents 'colossal opportunity'

The protection sector has a “colossal opportunity” to expand after the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) but many IFAs lack protection knowledge and those that do have it do not use it, according to new research.

Cover | 26 May 2011 | 15:36
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Blog: Barclays’ exit is nothing to gloat about

Clive Waller, director at CWC Research, on why Barclays quitting branch-based financial planning is bad news for IFAs.

Professional Adviser | 03 Mar 2011 | 08:00
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You cannot afford to fail the Panorama test

Dear FSA, I do hope you won’t mind me expressing a little surprise at some of the contents of your platform paper, but be honest: you have done something of a U-turn.

Professional Adviser | 25 Nov 2010 | 08:00
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Standard Life named Platform of the Year

Standard Life took home the top gong of Platform of the Year at the Aberdeen UK Platform Awards.

IFAonline | 30 Sep 2010 | 08:02
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How can technology improve platform due diligence?

Clive Waller, managing director of CWC Research, looks at technology developments affecting the platform industry.

Professional Adviser | 08 Sep 2010 | 13:30
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Election 2010: Protection and PMI manifesto wishes

Be it pre or post election, there are always imperatives; things any government or government in waiting must aim for.

Cover | 30 Apr 2010 | 10:27

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