Former Threadneedle CIO, CEO and chairman Simon Davies has joined Square Mile Investment Research as a founding investor and chairman.
Rayner Spencer Mills Research (RSMR) has made its fund ratings service available through Cofunds.
Consumers priced out of full advice may yet be able to seek the expertise of an adviser via a chargeable "dip in, dip out" information-only model, according to Cofunds distribution director Andy Coleman.
Cofunds has entered into a two-way integration with Intellifo which will allow trading on the platform to be triggered from within Intelliflo's Intelligent Office software.
Alliance Trust Savings has hired Damian Smyth from Cofunds to head its intermediary sales team.
Cofunds was the largest UK adviser platform in Q3, in terms of assets under administration (AUA), and has since become the first £60bn fund platform in the UK.
Old Mutual Wealth Management has appointed ex-Cofunds chief executive Charlie Eppinger to the board as an independent non-executive director.
Legal & General is in talks with Unite over potential redundancies at from its protection and savings divisions.