Technology to 'reduce cost of investing by 75bps,' predicts Altus's Hugo Thorman

'Exciting times' lie ahead for platforms and financial services

Nicola Brittain
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Increased back-office automation in conjunction with standardised data could bring the cost of advised investing down from 2.2% to 1.5% over the coming years, believes Altus chairman Hugo Thorman (pictured).

Thorman, who was chief executive for the Ascentric platform for nine years before becoming chairman of technology firm Altus, said: "The platform and financial services markets face exciting times - there is an increasing opportunity to reduce costs to the end-client, with full automation now a viable prospect. "Administration, investment management and advice costs will all be massively reduced by automation. A fully integrated back office and open standards around client data - used in part to populate the pensions dashboard - would enable the efficient exchange of information and fund...

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