Platform industry enjoys ‘Olympic’ second quarter as net sales hit £17bn
Platforms with strong D2C offerings like Hargreaves Lansdown dominate, according to Fundscape data
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FCA warns platforms to bolster IT systems after swathe of outages on Covid vaccine rally
Technical glitches last November caused harm to consumers and ‘negatively affected market confidence’
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Blackrock partners with global platform to distribute private assets to wealth managers
Tie-up to simplify ‘operational and administrative complexities faced by wealth managers’
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How advisers can tap into the DIY investing boom
‘The variety of client types in the market means that there will never be a one-size-fits-all solution’
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Former Baillie Gifford manager unveils investment universe for low cost DIY platform
Vanguard, Fidelity and Baillie Gifford well represented on Tillit’s list of funds
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Hargreaves profits boosted by younger savers with spare cash during lockdown
Since 2012 the age of new HL clients has decreased from 45 to 37
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Novia Financial sold to private equity firm for undisclosed sum
Anacap has now made three acquisitions in the UK wealth management space over the last year
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Nucleus confirms it is in talks with multiple potential buyers including Integrafin
Majority shareholder Sanlam UK is said to be supportive of the discussions
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Hargreaves and AJ Bell platform outages spark platform capacity concerns
‘The FCA will not be looking at things confidently right now’
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Interactive Investor and HL left on uneven playing field as FCA ditches exit fee ban
Canning of fees shake-up means platform market study has amounted to virtually nothing
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Investors fume as Hargreaves and AJ Bell outages cause millions to miss out on market rally
‘Time to find a new broker, and I will be expecting you to transfer me out, fee free, after that episode’
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AJ Bell tops league tables amid ‘worrying’ quarter for platforms
‘The last time net sales were this low, advisers and platforms were distracted by and bogged down in RDR preparation’