Platform views: Terry Huddart on Fidelity FundsNetwork and Old Mutual Wealth

Platform functionality highlights

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In the last in his series cherry-picking the best elements currently on offer from all the major platforms, Terry Huddart highlights the aspects that stand out about the offerings from Fidelity FundsNetwork and Old Mutual Wealth

#11 Fidelity FundsNetwork: Taking its jacket off Unlike its relations - or rivals - in the ‘former' fund supermarket space, Fidelity FundsNetwork (FFN) has already dipped its toe into offering investments other than standard collectives. ETFs have been available on FFN since the third quarter of 2013 - there are currently 80 - while investment trusts, of which there are now 90, were added in the last three months of 2015. And it is going more in that direction. As part of the adoption of Bravura's Sonata software (yes, another re-platforming) FFN is implementing a full stockbroker serv...

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