David Ferguson, the soon-to-be CEO of Octopus-owned Seccl, predicts the platform sector will be “redefined” in the coming years with fewer, purely-digital players dominating the market.
Speaking to PA after his appointment, revealed on 18 January, the founder and former chief executive of adviser platform Nucleus, predicted big changes on how platforms can support advisers and customers with better integration of systems. He said: "The thing I'm obsessed about is how you can use technology to make financial services much better for customers. That has been the thing I have been trying to do for the last 15 years at Nucleus. "When this opportunity arose it was just ridiculously exciting. This is a really interesting position with really great technology. The line the...
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