Cofunds has reported a 10% dip in profits for last year, citing investment in retail distribution review (RDR) readiness as the reason for the drop.
Mixed Investment Shares were popular with advisers once again in March, according to the latest sales trends on platform Cofunds.
An adviser has hit out at platform FundsNetwork for refusing to re-register a client's investments to a rival platform because the value of the transfer was less than £40,000.
Skandia is launching its unbundled platform model in the fourth quarter of 2012, along with an adviser charging structure designed to accommodate different fee types.
Fidelity FundsNetwork has become the first supermarket to launch an unbundled pricing model.
Platform unbundling will no doubt make investment trusts more accessible - but the jury is still out on whether it will make them more popular.
Fidelity FundsNetwork has become the first of the fund supermarkets to confirm it will offer investment trusts ahead of RDR.
Charles Stanley has appointed Cofunds as its fund custodian in a deal which will see £1.2bn of funds moved across to the platform's institutional arm.