AXA Wealth

Architas, Axa Wealth's multi-manager offering, has renamed its active and passive funds in a move aimed at providing more easy to understand products and greater transparency ahead of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

Axa Wealth saw its sales drop slightly in Q1 year-on-year, although its platform business continued its expansion, now representing 50% of all individual sales.

The platform market recovered momentum in Q1 with assets under administration (AUM) growing nearly 10% on the back of rising stock markets, research has found.

Axa Wealth has linked with discretionary manager Brooks Macdonald Asset Management (BMAM) to offer advisers risk-profiled portfolios.

Eight out of ten advisers could move to a restricted advice model after the retail distribution review (RDR), recent findings suggest.

Andy Zanelli looks at the issues surrounding death benefits

Axa Wealth has said it has "resolved" functionality issues on its wrap proposition Elevate which has now reached £4bn assets under management (AUM).

Axa Wealth is launching a restricted advice offering for advisers looking to move away from independent status.

On 6 April, QROPS will get a huge revamp. Fiona Murphy explains how the reforms will shape the market and what advisers should be doing in the meantime.

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