With the UK financial services industry set to embrace re-registration of assets across platforms by 2013, there are several challenges ahead over the next couple of years.

The current re-registration process is complex and time-consuming and moving assets can take months. In addition, a number of providers will not transfer investments in-specie; meaning some investors have to sell their investments and transfer cash to new providers, exposing them to out-of-market risk.

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