Mike Barrett: Reviewing a tough 2020 for advisers and platforms - and looking ahead to 2021

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Mike Barrett takes a look at the ways advisers and platforms have adapted and coped with a rapidly changing world in 2020 - and then takes a look at what 2021 might have in store...

I'm sorry to see the back of 2020...

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