The Financial Conduct Authority wants to use the platform review to drive more competition in the asset management sector, but experts are asking whether it is looking in the wrong place.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a review aimed at assessing whether investment platforms, including those offered by life companies, operate in the customer’s best interests.
Nucleus is set to slash costs for high-value clients on its platform to meet demands for a “more competitive structure” for large portfolios.
Vanguard’s new direct-to-consumer platform has been hailed as a potential threat to established investment-distribution giants, in research by Platforum.
As certain platform businesses boomed in Q1 with year-on-year sales over 30% higher, others posted huge losses, begging the question: are they facing an “existential crisis”?
Allfunds Bank is adding exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to its investment platform in recognition of wealth management evolution following Mifid II.
AJ Bell has launched an online hub to help advisers and wealth managers navigate the tricky world of due diligence when choosing investment platforms.
UBS Wealth Management has rolled out a new digital platform targeting a broader pool of UK investors.
Legal & General Group has sold its investment platform Cofunds to Dutch insurer Aegon.
The ongoing technological revolution has levelled the financial services playing field globally argues Jaco van Tonder, head of advisory services at Investec Asset Management – and with that levelling comes both risk and opportunity.
Fundsnetwork has added 25 investment trusts to its offering as a result of adviser demand, it said on Tuesday.
The investment industry has seen an unusual flurry of fee cuts, transparency improvements and new launches recently but is this all for the better or a reason to worry for some?
