Wrap/platforms

Platforms are stepping up their white-label investment offerings to advisory firms as an increasing number of orphaned clients presents a growing challenge in the run-up to the 2016 legacy commission ban.

In this week's quick fire RP poll we ask RP readers: Will platforms face a capacity crunch post-April 2015?

Transact and Ageas Protect have teamed up to launch an investment-linked life cover policy available via Transact's platform.

Demand for drawdown is likely to increase by a factor of five when retirement freedoms kick-in, causing a market ‘capacity crunch', Standard Life has warned.

Canada Life debate: Who benefits from platforms?

'There could be disasters in the D2C space'

The operators of twenty-eight of the UK's largest investment platforms are forming the UK Platform Group in the aim to more fully represent the industry.

Retail sales at Axa Wealth were up 3% to £2.5bn in the third quarter with funds under management at the firm swelling by 10% to £27bn.

Attendees of the Aberdeen UK Platform Awards 2014 have been praised for their generosity after a record £30,000 was raised for mental health charity Mind.

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