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Fidelity's Personal Investing platform has moved to minimise the impact of D2C super clean fund deals on the end-investor by offering to refund the difference when funds are available cheaper elsewhere.

Price should be the last factor to consider when it comes to platform due diligence

UK platform Skandia has reported profits of £13m in 2013, up from £2m in 2012, after net inflows of over £2bn last year.

The skill of active fund managers "adds real value" to investors, but the market may need to improve at identifying that skill quicker, according to Investment Management Association (IMA) chief executive Daniel Godfrey.

Is time running out for advisers looking to dip their toe in execution only?

Chelsea Financial Services is cutting its headline annual charge from 0.5% to 0.4% from 6 April, as it moves to compete with rivals in the direct to consumer (D2C) space.

Prudential UK has struck a deal with technology provider IRESS to use its XPlan wealth management platform for its 300-adviser restricted advice proposition.

Investors suing Capita for compensation over the failed Arch Cru fund range are writing to up to 40 wraps and platforms asking them to pass on details of their action to clients who were also invested in the collapsed funds.

Henry Brennan finds out what the D2C price war could mean for market sustainabilty

Aviva anticipates its platform will have achieved profitability by the start of 2016 and has set a target of £6bn in assets under management by the end of this year.