Polson: 'Zurich platform has some limitations, but not many'

Nicola Brittain
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The Lang Cat's Mark Polson gives details of the Zurich retail platform following his sneak preview at the Scottish Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) Conference yesterday.

The Lang Cat is a financial services consultancy specialising in pensions, platforms and investment marketing. It is based in Edinburgh.  Here is Polson's blog, published today in full:  "The first thing to say is that of course this has been an horrendous development for the guys working on it. It's been delayed and delayed and (completely unconfirmed) rumours suggest that the spend is in multiple tens of millions to get it to market. So has it all been worth it? "The front end looks really nice. Of the 3 main retail FNZ-powered platforms (Standard, AXA Elevate and ZIP) this is ea...

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