The Big Interview: Julie Lord

Helen Morrissey
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More than a decade ago, Bluefin Wealth Management led the way in doing business by using platforms. With technology developing at breakneck speed today, Julie Lord tells Helen Morrissey there is no better time to put them to use in everyday business practice

Tell me about your experience of using platforms We were early adopters of the ­platform concept and have been using them since the late nineties. The big issue that many ­advisers have with platforms is that they treat them as just another product when they really need to look at them as a way to ­fundamentally reorganise how they do ­business. They need to realise that ­using platforms can help them to ­deliver a much more ­comprehensive ­service to their clients. What would you say are the key benefits to adopting a platform? The first benefit is that it makes life ­considerably ...

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