Andy Back: Platform evolution - from iPod to bespoke music streaming

Modular approach

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Andy Back runs through the evolution of the UK platform market, which has developed significantly since its 2001 beginnings, and is now moving towards a more modular approach...

2001, September. The date is one the world will never forget as the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre shook the foundations of our very being. At the time, I was part of the launch team behind a brand-new provider (platform), unveiled as Selestia.  Whilst platforms were fairly well adopted in other parts of the world, such as Australia and, to an extent, the US, in the UK they were still in their infancy. Transact Wrap was starting to get noticed by the IFP community but hadn't yet reached anywhere near its broad appeal of today. Other than that, the landscape was a few "fund ...

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