Capacity issues loom as adviser client numbers soar
As UK advisers continue to experience increased demand for their services, capacity issues are hitting home for some, wrap platform Nucleus has warned.
As UK advisers continue to experience increased demand for their services, capacity issues are hitting home for some, wrap platform Nucleus has warned.
Platform provider Nucleus confirmed on Monday it is pursuing a listing on the alternative investment market (Aim) with trading to commence in late July.
Platforms’ business models are an important consideration under financial adviser due diligence so what do a recent spate of IPOs and planned listings from Transact, AJ Bell and Nucleus mean for the nascent market?
Nucleus has launched a capital gains tool which will be added to its client reporting suite.
Mifid II will kill the mistaken notion that all funds cost the same, Nucleus chief executive David Ferguson says.
Nucleus has announced that it has paid its first dividend to shareholders off the back of “another successful year of profitable growth”.
Nucleus is set to slash costs for high-value clients on its platform to meet demands for a “more competitive structure” for large portfolios.
New data from Nucleus reveals that the average ongoing charges figure (OCF) for a cross-section of funds has plummeted from 78.6 basis points to 65.3bps (-13.3bps) since the introduction of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) in 2013.
The visibility of data to which platforms have access is going to become increasingly valuable says Barry Neilson, business development director at Nucleus.
The ‘industrial revolution’ in technology will continue to overturn both client expectations and the demands they make of financial services firms, says Nucleus CEO David Ferguson.
Election uncertainty and pension reforms contributed to fund platforms enduring a lethargic first quarter, according to data released by Fundscape.
Investment platform pricing continues to be a prominent factor in adviser platform selection but functionality remains key, CoreData Research has found.