Big Interview: Cofunds CEO Brett Williams

Katrina Lloyd
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On his first anniversary since taking over as Cofunds CEO, Brett Williams explains how he has shaken up the platform business.

Brett Williams’ first year in the top job at Cofunds has been full of drama. There was the highly publicized spat with fund groups following renegotiations on rebates, an open challenge to the life companies and a link-up with OBSR that also brought its own controversy. However, what can be said at the end of Williams’ first year is advisers are much clearer on what Cofunds’ strategy is going forward into a post-RDR world. After moving to Cofunds from rival Skandia in January last year, Williams knew he had a challenge on his hands. The FTSE100 started the year at the 4,452.19 mark and b...

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