Effective back office solutions in a few easy steps

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Paul Yates, strategy and product development director at Avelo, explains how to get your technology setup in line for the new advisory landsape.

This year is a watershed for the financial services industry. It is a year of transition, the likes of which I have not seen since I first entered this industry (and that was a long time ago). Firms have to make a number of fundamental decisions about the way they are going to operate post RDR: the right choice can sow the seed for significant growth and development in the years to come, whereas a wrong turn will take a lot of fixing further down the line. Those of our clients that have already made the move to a post-RDR model have told us it is essential to have an effective technol...

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