Barclays Stockbrokers has revealed its clean pricing structure, introducing an AMC of 0.35% as it becomes the latest platform to undercut Hargreaves Lansdown's headline charges.
Zurich UK Life has promoted Alistair Wilson to the newly created role of head of retail platform strategy.
IFA firm Fairstone Financial Management - the Moneygate Group's national financial advisory business - and wrap platform Nucleus have partnered to share services between member firms, including a 'deferred buyout' option for Nucleus advisers.
Fidelity has undercut Hargreaves Lansdown with its new pricing structure, introducing an AMC of 0.35% for clients with total assets up to £250,000.
Execution-only broker Interactive Investor is offering investors up to £240 in cash and trading credit if they switch £3,000 or more to the platform by the end of February.
Nearly 50% of the UK's adviser community wants platforms to carry out bulk switches to clean share classes for their clients, research from FundsNetwork has discovered.
Nick Train, a long-term backer of Hargreaves Lansdown, has said the platform's assets could hit £240bn by 2020 - a figure which would mean adding £200bn in AUA over the next six years.
The Venture Capital Trust (VCT) market is on track to generate a significant increase in new inflows this year, according to Albion Ventures managing partner Patrick Reeve, but it is not yet clear what role platforms will play.