Ascentric is establishing a series of IFA focus groups to provide it with feedback on propositional and service developments.
Trust providers still have to battle a number of misconceptions before advisers can truly understand the benefits of closed-ended structures, writes Ed Morse, head of investment trust business development at F&C Investments.
The FSA has warned advisers about "conflicts of interest" arising from holding shares in platforms.
Ascentric saw net new assets rise 8% in 2011 after 226 extra adviser firms signed up to the Royal London-owned wrap.
City Asset Management (CAM) has launched its unitised discretionary portfolio offering on the Skandia platform.
As supermarkets and wraps engage in ideological warfare ahead of what promises to be a challenging year, Ascentric issues a plea for unity…
Platforms have been accused of putting consumers at risk by permitting highly complex products on their panels. But isn’t suitability down to the adviser?
Ascentric chief Hugo Thorman has called on the platform community to adopt a "unified voice" amid an escalating row between fund supermarket and wrap propositions.
Advisers have expressed concern at the rise in popularity of 'short ETFs' - products designed to track the inverse price of an index or underlying asset.