Editor's view: Launch time

The editor's Friday Night Takeaway from 18 September

Jen Frost
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This week brought launches from familiar faces, with the September new business bug seemingly in full swing.

Making the biggest splash, a quartet including Technical Connection director Tony Wickenden are striking out alone with the launch of technical support service The 3rd Act (T3A). T3A's launch follows news that Technical Connection and Techlink services will close to non-St James's Place (SJP) advisers come next March. SJP, which has come under scrutiny over high-profile advice firm exits in recent months, cited "deeper technical expertise, clearer oversight and greater control over quality, consistency and governance" as a driver for the in-house move. It also pointed to a need to ...

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