@theactualpolson.bsky.social is back in God’s country and is reflecting on last week’s #langcatlive event in London in today's #Update.
Read it in full on our website: thelangcat.co.uk/the-top-clas...
And there’s still time to donate to our charity partner and support the Samaritans’ important work.
That's it from #langcatlive Divide & Conquer. See you next time.
If you’d like to come along to a lang cat event, we’re back in London on 5th June and in Glasgow on 30th September. Check out our website for more details: https://buff.ly/47HU3xL
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Thank you to all our delegates who came along and joined in the debate.
Thanks to our event partner Parallel Blue for their huge contribution behind the scenes.
And finally huge thanks to all the lang cats on stage, off stage and back at the office. Best team ever 😻
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Thank you to our brilliant speakers for their contributions throughout the day: Zara Okoro, Samantha Gratton, Roddy Munro, Victor Sacks, Dan Wiltshire, Peter Coleman, James Wallis, Sara Woodroffe, Verona Kenny, Amanda Mayes, Steve Levin, Caroline Stuart, Pete Matthew and Philippa Hann.
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We’ve had an amazing day at Divide & Conquer #langcatlive.
Thank you again to our sponsors: Quilter for Advisers, Fundment, abrdn Adviser, Aegon UK, Morningstar Wealth EMEA and Wesleyan.
Another brilliant #langcatlive event comes to its closing remarks. Well done @theactualpolson.bsky.social and Team Langcat. See you at the bar.
Natalie Holt takes us into Divide & Conquer 3: Navigating division and still keeping clients at the heart, with Caroline Stuart, Sparrow Paraplanning, Pete Matthew, Meaningful Money / Jacksons, and Philippa Hann, Paradigm Norton.
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Next up at Divide & Conquer, Mark Polson has a fireside chat with Steven Levin, CEO of Quilter.
Talking about the priorities for the platform sector, Steve says there's still work to be done on integrating systems more effectively.
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Our session: Divide & Conquer: When the balance is disturbed, features Mike Barrett talking about platforms 10 years on from our Platforms Are Dead event. "Back in 2015, vertical integration was a dirty word. Now every platform operating at scale has some sort of vertical integration."
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Natalie Holt introduces our first session: Divide & Conquer: the tribes are massing. With Sara Woodroffe, FCA, Verona Kenny, abrdn and Amanda Mayes, Magus Wealth.
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We're also proudly supporting Samaritans as our charity partner for this event.
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Divide & Conquer is all about exploring the relationships between the advice profession, providers and the regulator. Mark Polson says in a perfect world, they should all work in balance, but in reality, there's always an imbalance. But are we actually holding each other to account?
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We couldn't put these events on without the generosity of our sponsors. Thank you to Quilter, abrdn, Fundment, Aegon, Morningstar Wealth and Wesleyan.
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After launching our State of the Advice Nation (#SOTAN) research this morning, we’re back with the main agenda for this year’s #langcatlive: Divide & Conquer.
Our full #SOTAN report is now live. If you'd like to find out more about the research, there's more information over on our website: https://buff.ly/3SEPgaO
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Year on year we measure where business owners feel they are headed in the next five years. In Wave 7 of #SOTAN we saw a moderate uptick year on year in consolidation expectations and a dip in succession planning.
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Rich Mayor chats to Peter Coleman, Kingswood, and James Wallis, Aristotle Financial Planning about our third theme: consolidation. And client outcomes.
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We asked #SOTAN respondents whether recent changes to CGT had impacted firms. Just 14% had seen no impact on them or their firm.
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Next up, Katey Pigden talks to Roddy Munro, Quilter, Victor Sacks, VS Associates, and Dan Wiltshire, Wiltshire Wealth, about our second theme: Positioning your IFA business between advice and planning. And client outcomes.
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We asked how the profession rates progress against the main Consumer Duty Outcomes. According to #SOTAN respondents, there's significant room for improvement.
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Steve Nelson takes our first theme: Consumer Duty and client outcomes, with Zara Okoro, JG Paraplanning, and Samantha Gratton, Ellis Davis FP.
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We asked #SOTAN respondents how 2024 was for them: 92% said ‘OK’ or ‘Great’.
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It's finally here! Welcome to #langcatlive. We’re kicking off today’s event with the launch of Wave 7 of our State of the Advice Nation (#SOTAN) research, hosted by the lang cat's Katey Pigden, Rich Mayor and Steven Nelson.
@theactualpolson.bsky.social writes this week’s #Update while heading South for tomorrow’s #langcatlive Divide And Conquer event and is enjoying taking some time out to reflect on previous events from days gone by.
Read the full #Update on our website: thelangcat.co.uk/the-top-clas...
@theactualpolson.bsky.social is back for today’s #Update and he’s gearing up for next week’s #langcatlive event in London while also taking a look at the latest addition to the world of platforms: the newly launched LV= platform.
Read the full #Update here: thelangcat.co.uk/the-top-clas...
🔊🔊 SOUND ON
Are you ready to take a side?
Have a look at who's gracing the Kings Place stage on 6 February for #langcatlive: Divide and Conquer.
More info and tickets here: https://buff.ly/47HU3xL
Don't forget we're not streaming this one so you'll miss out if you're not there...
The agenda for #langcatlive: Divide and Conquer is now available!
More detail on the sessions (including the bonus SOTAN sessions!) and the speakers will be coming in the new year, but we are happy to say that it's shaping up to be a pretty good day...
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It's 68 days until our next #langcatlive event in London!
We'll be releasing more details over the coming weeks, but just to whet your appetites, the title card is below.
Which side do you want to be on? Find out soon... #DivideandConquer
Sign up here: https://buff.ly/47HU3xL
And that is how we do that. Thank you to everyone. #langcatlive #HomeGame4 is over.