Postcard from America; views of the star-spangled platform

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'Two nations divided by a common language' was George Bernard Shaw's observation of the relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom.

The Queen’s English and American English may have started out roughly the same, but under evolutionary forces they have developed their own distinct sounds and forms. Not everything that we have in common with our stateside cousins need be lost in transatlantic translation and in financial services, observing overseas models can be worthwhile. Take the development of the fund platform industry, where the Americans have close to a 10 year head-start. The most notable difference is, of course, the scale; our US affiliate, FundsNetwork, alone administers $766bn in third party assets. Of cou...

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