Wrap/platforms

Standard Life has named David Tiller as head of platform propositions, in a newly created role.

Analysts at Barclays have expressed "surprise" at high pricing at the lower end of the platform market.

Platform giant Skandia has reversed its post-RDR stance requiring advisers who take a percentage fee to get a new client agreement every time a top-up into an investment is made.

Former Cofunds head of sales and marketing Alastair Conway has joined James Hay Partnership as chief executive.

Advisory national AWD Chase de Vere, has chosen the Standard Life platform to service its‘premier' client segment.

Paul Feeney has told Investment Week the terms negotiated on Skandia's soon-to-be-launched Select fund range will enable the group to offer the "best model portfolio service" to UK advisers and help them take power back from other distributors.

The platform industry will struggle to ever break even as a whole, according to research into firms' financial stability.

Aviva is to allow advisers to outsource investment to discretionary fund managers as part of its managed portfolio service.

Nucleus has appointed three new regional account managers to its business development team.

Axa Wealth has cut its sales team by 30 staff in a bid to restructure the business following the completion of several projects.