Back-office systems: Innovate before it's too late
Most advisers are confident their business will be prepared for the upcoming switch-off of fund-based trail commission, according to a poll which contradicts other research conducted on firms' readiness.
Legal & General is understood to be considering a sale of its Cofunds platform, just over two years after it sealed a deal to take full ownership.
Insurer Aviva has launched a direct to consumer (D2C) platform giving consumers access to a general investment account, and ISA and a self-invested personal pension (SIPP).
Robo-advice and artificial intelligence (AI) are two different things that both have the potential to disrupt the UK financial services market in the next few years, according to technical specialist and entrepreneur Phil Goffin. But sci-fi it is not......
Stephen Mohan, UK director at Europe's largest platform group Allfunds Bank, is set to leave the firm, Investment Week understands.
There has never been a better time to be in financial advice, but IFAs who fail to embrace technology will lose out to more tech-savvy firms who better serve pensions freedom clients, experts have said.
Aberdeen Asset Management is to partner with pensions consultancy Hymans Robertson for a service which will see it use the firm's technology to target direct investors for the first time.
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