There was more to 2014 in financial services than pensions freedom, wasn't there? David Thompson looks back on a busy year, and whether the flurry of changes worked.
Whether you remember 2014 as the year that saw Luis Suarez take a bite out of an Italian, Facebook purchase WhatsApp for the bargain price of $19 billion, the sad passing of comedy legends Robin Williams and Joan Rivers or pretty much everyone raising money for Motor Neurones Disease/ALS by throwing a bucket of ice cold water over themselves, for those in our industry it is likely to be remembered for that Budget. But there was more to 2014 in financial services than pensions freedom, wasn't there? April this year saw the start of greater transparency in terms of charging in the platf...
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