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Platforms' AUA exceed £500bn after bumper Q1 - the lang cat Strong performance Mark Polson: "The sector will certainly be hoping that the good times are here to stay and while Q2 might not hit the same heights, there were signs of an acceleration even pre-Covid, so we're feeling bullish about the year ahead as we move past the pandemic." Advised assets under management in the platform sector surpassed £500bn for the first time during Q1 this year, ending at £514bn - an increase of 30% on the same period in 2020, figures from the lang cat reveal. The consultancy said the platform sector had...

4 Natalie Holt, photo by Michael Walter/Troika Former Holt started as a reporter at Money Marketing in June 2010, before working her way up to head of news. She became the magazine’s first female editor in May 2014 and remained in the role for more than three years. Most recently Holt worked at adviser platform Nucleus as content editor for its adviser engagement site, Illuminate. Lang Cat principal Mark Polson said: “We’ve always loved creating things that people want to read or watch. We’re finding now that demand from advisers, paraplanners, and providers for the Lang Cat’s en...

The Sustainable Investment Festival will run online from 22-25 June and will include thought-provoking presentations from renowned keynote speakers, innovative breakout events and sessions specifically tailored to meet the information needs of fund selectors, financial advisers, pension consultants, trustees and scheme managers. Date: 22 Jun 2021

Retirement insight – Andrew Tully: Advisers are key to wider industry success with vulnerable customers Profile – ‘I’m sick of hearing advisers say: How am I going to create a business when I’ve got nobody to see?’ Just Wealth head of wealth David Magee on helping to link up self-employed advisers with client banks Independent thinking – Graham Bentley: FCA’s crackdown on value misses overpriced MPS Platforms – Mark Polson: Private equity’s attraction to advised platforms is fatal