Will platforms wield too much influence?

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Ten leading platform commentators were locked in a room last week to debate the future of the market. In the first of a three-part special in IFAonline, the team revisited platforms' original objectives and asked: Is their influence now spreading too far?

  The panel Mark Loosmore Director AT8  Ray Chinn Head of pensions LV= Will Watling Product director Capita Financial Software       Paul Boston Sales and marketing director Novia Barry Neilson Sales director Nucleus Mark Locke Head of platform communications AEGON Graham Bentley Head of proposition Skandia John Porteous Director, head of RSM Tenon Financial Services RSM Tenon Tim Newman Managing director Sense Phil Mogford Programme director Openwork   What is the role of a platform? This wa...

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