Cofunds is planning to target life companies failing to attain traction in the platform market.
Barclays' wealth arm is in talks with the regulator about charging asset managers administration fees when their funds are recommended for private client portfolios.
Assets on the Cofunds platform have risen by £9bn since the beginning of the year to £45bn, according to the provider.
Concerns about advisers piling into commission-paying products ahead of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) have proven unfounded, according to the experience of one provider.
Ascentric has appointed Philip Gilder and Jason Owen to its propositions team.
Old Mutual is to launch a range of at-retirement products, in a bid to rival upscale wealth managers like St James's Place.
Peter Mann, the chief executive of Skandia UK, has said the firm will target restricted advisers as part of a plan to become an integrated wealth manger.