David Ferguson: Five key trends facing the UK platform market in 2019
Who pays for platforms?

After an eventful 2018, the coming year will no doubt see the advised platform sector continue to evolve, writes David Ferguson, as he picks out five areas that look central to the market's future
Last year proved another eventful period for the advised platform market, with not one but four IPOs, including our own. We have also seen significant growth in assets for most businesses, to the point...
More on Wrap/platforms
OMW's Mugridge on final migration: 'No champagne cork popping just yet'
Final migration this weekend
Richard Denning named Ascentric chief executive
M&G bought Ascentric in 2020
Chris Smeaton: From James Hay to Nucleus… all roads lead to FNZ
Lessons from Bridgerton
Private equity-owned James Hay buys rival Nucleus for £145m
Nucleus will eventually re-platform
More news
Timeline enters fact find and risk profiling markets
Launches soon
Colin Simmons: Putting lockdown savings to tax-efficient use
Pension boost from lockdown pain
Chancellor Sunak 'likely' to freeze lifetime allowance - reports
Rishi Sunak has plans to freeze the lifetime allowance for the rest of the current parliament in a "stealth tax" on the wealthy, according to The Times.
Ascot Lloyd grows war chest to £100m after deal with US investment group
Made 12 acquisitions in 2020