Tech Review: Novia

In the past few months, we have reviewed platforms with the backing of powerful parents, such as product providers and fund managers, and we have looked at platforms closely aligned to the IFA market, most notably Nucleus with its IFA shareholding. This week, we were pleased to have a chance to view a demonstration and talk to the management of Novia, a company that makes much of being independent of both provider and adviser ownership. Bright young thing Novia is a relatively new platform, launched early in 2009 after a development that started in 2008. It is funded through private eq...