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12 Aug An Olympic 2nd quarter for the platform industry

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The UK platform industry followed up a great first quarter of 2021 with a second one of Olympic-style proportions and yet another clutch of records. With restrictions easing and consumers spending more, a robust recovery was to be expected. Markets didn’t disappoint — the FTSE All Share rose by 5% in the three months to June, while platform industry assets grew by 6.5% to £865.8bn.

17 Mar Platforms face difficult year

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Aviva’s adviser platform had ‘exceptionally strong’ flows in the last quarter of 2019 after it...

06 Feb Mary McDougall: The platform functions you need to work

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Selecting a platform on which to hold your investments is a tricky process because there...

21 Feb Exit charge calculator for platforms

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Advisers and investors are often fed up with the platforms they use and would like to switch to a new provider, but a major deterrent is the exit fees that some platforms charge.