Editor's View: A very busy work week for financial advisers

The editor's Friday Night Takeaway from 8 March

Hope Coumbe
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I imagine you are expecting some chat in today’s column about the Spring Budget. There isn’t going to be much though…I feel you have probably had your share.

If you haven't, you can catch up by clicking here. We've got all the updates on the non-dom regime scrap, the Great British ISA, changes to the child benefit threshold, the National Insurance and property capital gains tax cuts, new powers for the Financial Conduct Authority plus plenty of commentary. Enjoy! Our most read story this week was something far away from the House of Commons… platforms. Again! New findings from Defaqto this week show over a third of advisers have changed one or more of their preferred platforms in the last 12 months. Consumer Duty was pegged as a likely cataly...

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