The lang cats adds AKG ratings to platform due diligence tool

Following feedback

Hannah Godfrey
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Following feedback from advisers, consultancy the lang cat has added AKG financial strength ratings to Platform Analyser, its interactive online tool and insight service.

AKG's ratings provide an independent assessment of a company's financial strength at an operational level. Within the platform sector, AKG considers a wide range of factors including the platform's capital and asset position, profitability, parental strength, operating environment and ability to withstand external market forces. The firm has more than 20 years' experience in assessing financial services companies, including a ten-year track record of producing platform ratings. The lang cat's Platform Analyser was launched in February 2020 with the aim of simplifying the process of...

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