Zurich has confirmed the full roll out of its retail platform for SimplyBiz, the provider of support services to advisers.
Holly Mackay of Platforum expects to see the greatest growth in the workplace savings market, with platforms becoming ubiquitous over time.
Advisory firms who have achieved excellence in running a platform-enabled business or practice are being invited to submit entries for the prestigious annual Aberdeen UK Platform Awards.
Verona Smith, marketing director of Cofunds, is to join The Platforum after exiting the fund supermarket in the wake of its takeover by Legal & General.
Hargreaves Lansdown is asking smaller fund groups to offer their products exclusively through the discount broker, as part of a round of fresh price negotiations.
Cofunds chairman Charlie Eppinger is to step down as the acqusition of the platform by Legal and General completed.
FundsNetwork has accelerated its take on of clean share classes to achieve its target of having 95% of current platform assets covered by clean share classes by the end of June.