02 Mar 2016 Warning sounded on lack of quality in fund ratings
Fund rating lists are biased and often do not base their ratings on the quality of the underlying funds....
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02 Mar 2016 Warning on fund ratings bias as smaller products ‘overlooked’
Fund ratings and best buy lists are of variable quality with smaller products and providers often overlooked....
02 Mar 2016 Bestinvest Best of Breed tops buy list rankings
Gatekeepers influencing 96 per cent of industry assets are showing a wide disparity in the quality of their research....
02 Mar 2016 Bestinvest Best of Breed tops buy list rankings
Gatekeepers influencing 96 per cent of industry assets are showing a wide disparity in the quality of their research....
02 Mar 2016 Buyers warned off poor funds with ‘sales momentum’
Fund selectors should review buy lists for vehicles with “less performance substance and more reputational & sales momentum”....
26 Feb 2016 Starved for cash managers to go direct to consumers
A raft of direct-to-consumer propositions are set to be launched by fund managers over the course of 2016....
11 Feb 2016 The changing face of the platform market
Fund platform market has changed with various regulatory initiatives around inducements & retail investor protection....
18 Oct 2015 Advisers removing clients’ assets from platform giants
Advisers are moving clients' assets away from old-style fund supermarket platform giants that typically favoured rebates....
11 Aug 2015 Standard Life boasts ‘biggest flows onto any platform’
Standard Life has achieved the biggest flows onto any platform this year, its UK and European chief executive said....
15 May 2015 ‘Politics and pensions’ dent early 2015 platform business
A "combination of politics and pensions" contributed to slower sales across platforms, first three months of the year....
15 May 2015 Which three platforms are outpacing their rivals in assets race?
A "combination of politics and pensions" contributed to slower sales across platforms, first three months of the year....
12 May 2015 Platforms accused of pulling the wool over assets
Platform providers have been accused of attempting to secure inflows from advisers....
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