News
First STAR Gold Awards for Aviva, L&G and Zurich
Aviva, Legal & General and Zurich have achieved their first STAR Gold accreditations, as advisers place increasing importance on proven transfer performance and transparency.
Defaqto adds STAR ratings to Engage
Defaqto has added STAR transfer accreditation ratings and operational transfer insights to Engage, helping advisers factor transfer performance into platform due diligence.
Allison Fower Joins Criterion Board
We welcome Allison Fower, Strategy & Transformation Director at Standard Life, as a non‑executive director, bringing extensive financial services and transformation experience to the board.
Criterion makes three senior hires as demand grows for reliable system integrations
James Slevin, Chris Hickman and Scott Machin have joined Criterion.
Criterion takes lead on Fix LoA Action Group, building on Pension Lab’s founding work
We’ve taken stewardship of FLAG, the industry-wide group uniting over 70 organisations to make Letters of Authority (LoAs) faster, simpler, and more secure.
Criterion launches new industry standard to streamline investment Letters of Authority
The LoA Data Checklist for investments has been launched for industry review.
Look beyond MPS price and performance
We look beyond MPS price and performance - robust operational due diligence is every financial advisers’ duty.
New non-executive directors
Aviva’s Karl Greenway and Fidelity’s Danny Wynn appointed as new non-executive directors to the Criterion Board.
Advisers urged to verify robustness of MPS management, concludes latest NextWealth report
We discuss the findings of Criterion and NextWealth's whitepaper: Keeping MPS clients in focus.