Platforms

  • SEI hires Bayley to lead UK wealth platform

    SEI hires Bayley to lead UK wealth platform

    SEI has strengthened its front-end proposition for UK discretionary managers in a post-RDR environment with the appointment of Darren Bayley.

  • brooks macdonald launches intl managed

    brooks macdonald launches intl managed

    Brooks Macdonald International, a subsidiary of the AIM-listed, London-based Brooks Macdonald wealth management group, today is launching a platform-based international managed portfolio service.

  • Five steps to picking the right platform

    Five steps to picking the right platform

    Geoff Mills, Rayner Spencer Mills Research director, reveals the secrets of picking the right platform.

  • Calastone enables auto rereg for 80 of FMs

    Calastone enables auto rereg for 80 of FMs

    Over 80% of UK fund managers can now automate their asset re-registration via associated third party administrators (TPAs), according to Calastone.

  • Price war on cards as FMs turn to restricted

    Price war on cards as FMs turn to restricted

    Further unintended consequences of the RDR may be a price war over discounts on active funds and a shift towards restricted offerings, according to a recent study commissioned by International Financial Data Services.

  • 14 new names added to Alliance Trusts platform

    14 new names added to Alliance Trusts platform

    Alliance Trust Savings has added 14 fund managers to its investment platform, growing the number of clean share class funds to more than 2,000 ahead of its target.

  • Praemium model portfolio platfrom

    Praemium model portfolio platfrom

    Praemium has bolstered its discretionary capabilities with two senior hires.

  • pa opinion cofunds revenue sources

    pa opinion cofunds revenue sources

    For a business that does not give investment advice, does not design or manage portfolios, does not make asset allocation decisions and does not run any money, Cofunds has an extraordinary influence on the rest of the UK investment world.

  • standard life super clean platform fund pricing

    standard life super clean platform fund pricing

    Schroders and Threadneedle are among the first group of fund houses to offer ‘super clean’ share classes to advisers through the Standard Life platform.

  • Transact named best platform

    Transact named best platform

    Investment platform pricing continues to be a prominent factor in adviser platform selection but functionality remains key, CoreData Research has found.

  • Nearly half of advisers already scrutinising

    Nearly half of advisers already scrutinising

    Almost two-thirds of advisers will carry out further platform due diligence following the FCA’s platform paper, and of those 44% have already started to do so.

  • pa analysis deloitte platform meaningless

    pa analysis deloitte platform meaningless

    The latest comment on the investment industry's consolidation has been targeted at platforms, with Deloitte suggesting a drastic reduction in the number of providers by 2018.