Platforms, the advice gap and what really matters

Last year, building on her Mansion House speech, the Chancellor launched the latest in a long line of initiatives to encourage the public to invest. To date, like most such well-intentioned endeavours, it hasn't exactly been a roaring success.  Although lambasting Rachel Reeves has become something of a national sport, it would be unfair to lay the blame for this particular episode exclusively at the door of 11 Downing Street. The investment industry as a whole is at least partly responsible.  Take advised platforms. Providers face a number of challenges – including, crucially, some o...