FE Research's range of 15 risk-targeted portfolios are now available on the Transact platform.

The automatic conversion of client assets into clean share class funds could result in higher costs for investors, according to Axa Elevate.

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A group of paraplanners are launching a free event designed to promote better business ideas.

Wrap platform Novia has said it will no longer accept cash rebates on new or legacy business from April 2014.

Advisers and consumers should ask ‘critical questions' about whether the experience of using platforms justifies the additional costs and complexities involved, according to Bruce Moss, founder and strategy director at eValue.

The introduction of super clean share classes will be a short-lived arrangement but one that still has the potential to drive platform consolidation, says UBS Wealth Management executive director Graeme Price.

Avelo's business development director Paul Yates has stepped down after four years in the role following the firm's acquisition by technology provider Iress.

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