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Investment Overview
We are living through times of unprecedented change in the investment sector. Regulatory change remains prevalent with UCITS IV and Alternative Investment Funds Directive creating significant opportunities and challenges in the funds space whilst the wider impacts of the RDR and Walker Review will create distribution opportunities and structural challenges to the investment industry as a whole.
Investment Blogs
It works for some but not for everyone Submitted by Paul Martin on Fri, 26/02/2010 - 12:21
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Buy versus Build – does it really matter? Submitted by Adrian Potter on Thu, 25/02/2010 - 12:34
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Making Membership Real - Another OpportunitySubmitted by Paul Martin on Fri, 19/02/2010 - 14:30
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RDR - Are you taking actions or just reacting?
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RDR advice – Sell the value
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Social networks have grown rapidly and their social impact is undoubted. The recent Economist special report seems to make a case for engaging in this medium as a business imperative. I remain to be convinced. 
The 'Buy versus build' technology debate has exercised the minds of technologists and business executives from almost the point when the first in-house mainframe rolled off the back of the delivery lorry. But in recent times the points of difference have shifted and made the consideration potentially more subtle.' 
The nirvana for all companies is a relationship with their clients which transcends product and is seen as a mutually beneficial interaction based upon trust. Mutuality by its very nature embraces the principles of such a relationship but has in many cases failed to achieve it. Do new communication mediums offer a fresh opportunity for Mutuals to achieve this holy grail of consumer interaction?
Exploiting RDR requires more than a tick-box process – the winners will grasp the Executive intellectual challenge. So where is your organisation?
Consumer research threatens disaster for fee based advice, but can the situation be remedied by collective effort?Investment Videos
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Aberdeen Asset Management
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Capita
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Aegon
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engage Mutual
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Bank of Ireland
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Family Investments
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Barclays
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Fidelity
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BNY Mellon
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Gartmore
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