Fund groups signed up to Skandia's WealthSelect proposition are holding further talks with the platform after it altered its pricing plans, sparking concerns over margins.
Hargreaves Lansdown could be set to charge lower-end clients around 70bps when it publishes its new clean fee structure, expected this week.
AJ Bell has introduced a capped annual charge on its new-look D2C platform Youinvest as it unveils its pricing strategy for 2014.
Consumers priced out of full advice may yet be able to seek the expertise of an adviser via a chargeable "dip in, dip out" information-only model, according to Cofunds distribution director Andy Coleman.
Nearly half of asset managers have said they will not offer discount share classes to platforms as they do not class them as distributors, preferring instead to deal directly with larger advisers.
Cofunds has entered into a two-way integration with Intellifo which will allow trading on the platform to be triggered from within Intelliflo's Intelligent Office software.