Chris Bredin: Reviewing a year like no other for platforms

Deals, adaptation and flows

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As the dust settles on an eventful year for platforms, Chris Bredin tries to avoid the C-word in a review of 2020...

It is a little late for a review of 2020, but I am writing this in mid-February so I think that is passable. A lot happened in 2020 and there is a lot to talk about. And it is my column so I can write what I want.  On the surface, 2020 was a pretty poor year for a lot of reasons, which I will not go into and I will try to avoid saying the C-word at all costs. But as the platform and advice sectors have shown time and time again: they are incredibly resilient. There have been ups and downs but on the whole they have ended the year flourishing.  The beginning of 2020 was a mixed bag to ...

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