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Cofunds's former marketing director Verona Smith has joined Seven Investment Management as head of platform.

Last night was the prestigious Platform Awards. Here are all the winners and the judges comments on why they scooped the prizes.

IFAonline's sister title Investment Week's news editor Nick Paler took the top accolade at last night's Platform Awards, winning journalist of the year.

Re-registration progress has been "less than satisfactory" according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the regulator has signalled it will review the decision not to implement timescales for platform providers.

Architas' fund range is now available on the Alliance Trust Savings platform.

Cofunds has dropped its annual £40 fixed platform charge for all its clients on its explicit pricing model.

Allfunds Bank has poached another Cofunds director, Bradley Lewis, to spearhead its expansion into the UK market.

Charles Stanley Direct has criticised Hargreaves Lansdown over the cost of its platform transfer charges after the country's biggest D2C platform delayed its shift to a new pricing structure.

Old Mutual Wealth has named Peter Mann as vice chairman and Steven Levin as global head of distribution.

Transact has said it will scrap the initial establishment fees on its investment bonds.