D2C Tag

20 Dec

Posted at 09:30h in Blog
The D2C market exploded during the pandemic and competition for consumer business is fierce. AJ Bell’s direct platform, YouInvest, has done rather well out of it, but keen to not stand still it’s now going head to head with trading apps and Vanguard with its new app, Dodl.

29 Jul

Posted at 13:49h in Blog
News broke today that Embark has been bought by Lloyds (LBG) for £390m. The deal is for all parts of Embark’s businesses, including advised platform Advance, but excludes the Rowanmoor Sipp business, which will be retained by existing shareholders.

03 Feb

Posted at 11:16h in Blog
Hargreaves Lansdown published its interim results on Friday. Chris Hill, CEO, stated that the platform will be introducing changes to its research process with the aim of providing more detail and greater transparency. There will also be new functionality for customers who want a deeper, more autonomous dive into fund research.