Terry Huddart: Full STP on platforms is a matter of when, not if

Across advised platforms - and despite growing demand from advice firms and consumers alike - there is variable support for straight-through processing (STP). Digitisation is on the rise among advisers, yet our latest research finds that platforms remain unable to provide genuine STP that meets the needs of advisers and their clients.  In our latest quarterly platforms market scorecard, we teamed up with NextGen Planners and reviewed 15 adviser platforms to assess processes such as setting up investment and pension products, topping them up and making withdrawals from them. The resear...