10 Mar 2017 Net platform sales down 16% in 2016 – Fundscape
‘Political uncertainty’ caused annual platform net sales to drop 16% in 2016 from the previous year....
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10 Mar 2017 Platform sales lift in Q4 as ‘wall of cash’ trickles in
Cofunds and Hargreaves Lansdown topped platform sales for 2016, according to stats from Fundscape....
14 Feb 2017 ‘The Great British Wealth Off’ – FS investment project
An experiment to compare performance of both advised and non-advised active and passive investment solutions....
10 Feb 2017 Vanishing cash: Have pensions raked in ISA outflows?
Money held in stocks and shares Isas “left the system” in 2016 as investors chose pension over investment funds & platforms...
16 Nov 2016 Platform sales plummet to lowest point since RDR – Fundscape
Fund platform sales in the third quarter fell flat, despite decent asset growth among the top players....
16 Nov 2016 Aegon leads platform chart while industry sales slump
Net sales across UK platforms have fallen 10% from the previous quarter to £8.6 billion, according to Fundscape Report....
16 Nov 2016 Platform sales plummet in Q3 despite Brexit market boost
Net platform sales fell to their lowest levels since RDR as UK's uncertain outlook "made investors extremely cautious"....
07 Nov 2016 New platform comparison site positioned, adviser due-diligence tool
The founder of Comparetheplatform.com has called on financial advisers to be 'as active as possible'....
04 Nov 2016 Free DIY platform comparison site: can it save you £100s in fees?
The comparetheplatform site officially launched this week giving consumers the chance to check out the DIY investing sites....
26 Oct 2016 How RDR has changed the UK Market (paywall)
In the wake of the RDR, many UK independent financial advisers chose to outsource investment management....
12 Oct 2016 Defaqto to penalise ‘too big for sector’ funds performance concern
Defaqto is to mark down certain overly-large funds as part of its fund ratings criteria....
10 Oct 2016 Fund houses curtail new fund launches (paywall)
The number of fund launches has slowed in Europe so far this year, according to research consultancy Strategic Insight....
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