Advisers continue shift away from multiple platform use

The provider's research found that no advisers it spoke with were using more than five platforms, with most (70%) using two or three. Research from three years ago found 11% used more than five and 58% used two or three. Two-thirds (65%) of advisers told Aviva their firm had several platforms available and they could choose which one they used. Some 64% said they used one main platform. Aviva said these figures were in line with its 2020 research where the corresponding figures were 64% and 61%. It commented that these figures indicated that using fewer platforms was down to the pe...