Chris Bredin: The state of the platform market

2019 data

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Now all of the market data for 2019 has arrived, Chris Bredin takes a look at how advised platforms are shaping up

It feels strange to be writing about the 2019 platform sector as we enter spring 2020, but end-of-year reporting delays us geeks at the lang cat from speaking too much about it before now.  So, before I dive into some numbers, here is a quick round up about what has happened in platformland in the past few months. On the surface, 2020 seems to have kicked off in much the same way as 2019 ended. Recap The first thing to mention is the acquisition of Wealthtime by private equity firm AnaCap in February. Wealthime is a small platform (about £2.1bn under administration at the last count...

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