22 Mar 2019 Platform outflows
As we frantically approach the end of March, deadlines are in sight – Brexit (although this seems to be a moveable feast now) and the end of the tax year.It is no surprise then,...
// Articles & Mentions
21 Mar 2019 Experts reveal where they will invest
A fund manager, a wealth adviser, a research guru and a billionaire investor walk into a bar – and reveal where they will invest their Isas. Luckily we were lurking in a corner to overhear their top picks...
21 Mar 2019 Cofunds loses £8.5bn of assets in 2018
The assets on the Cofunds platform fell by £8.5bn in the 2018 calendar year, making it the platform with the biggest net losses in the period. Data compiled by Fundscape, showed almost all platforms lost assets...
19 Mar 2019 Was platform dominance broken in 2018?
2018 was a tough year for the adviser platform sector as a whole but, amid the general suffering, are net-flow figures suggesting a shift in the balance of power among the most popular players?...
19 Mar 2019 FCA fires warning shot over anti-competitive fund discounts
While exit fees dominated the headlines following last week’s publication of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Investment Platforms Market Study Final Report, or MS17/1.3...
13 Mar 2019 ‘A dumb idea from the off’: Standard Life Aberdeen drops co-CEOs
Standard Life Aberdeen’s decision to scrap its co-CEO structure has been hailed as a long-overdue, inevitable decision for the firm but also the end of an era for Aberdeen boss Martin Gilbert who defied...
07 Mar 2019 Are Aviva’s platform flows as bad as they look?
Aviva's net platform flows were revealed to be 38% down year-on-year in the group's annual results this morning. Yet, after a slow 2018 in the platform market, are the group's troubles as bad as...
06 Mar 2019 Nutmeg urged to spell out 0.15% rate on new cash offering
Nutmeg has been urged to be explicit about the 0.15% interest clients will earn on its latest cash offering, which lets savers dump a lump sum into their stocks and shares Isa so that it can be automatically...
27 Feb 2019 Walker Crips blames Brexit for gloomy profit warning
Walker Crips has blamed Brexit for a bleak profit warning issued on Tuesday, as industry experts anticipate other investment management and platform firms will face similar pressure on trading...
26 Feb 2019 Hargreaves’ stubborn rebuke sparks liquidity debate
At a media briefing regarding the recent Wealth 50 revamp, Hargreaves Lansdown head of research Mark Dampier sounded exasperated when challenged on the absence of an entire category of funds...
26 Feb 2019 SL’s Elevate price chops will ‘challenge established players’
Standard Life said the revisions represent a "25% reduction" to its standard terms. Portfolios of £0-£149,999 dropped from 0.36% to 0.30%, for example, while portfolios of £150,000-£749,999 saw a...
25 Feb 2019 Will the Lloyds-Schroders tie-up become the next SJP?
Lloyds Banking Group’s joint financial advice venture with Schroders could leave the firm drawing the ire of some in the advice industry as has been the case for its rival St James’s Place....
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