D2C

Insurer Aviva has launched a direct to consumer (D2C) platform giving consumers access to a general investment account, and ISA and a self-invested personal pension (SIPP).

Aberdeen Asset Management is to partner with pensions consultancy Hymans Robertson for a service which will see it use the firm's technology to target direct investors for the first time.

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True Potential has launched a tool on its platform which will allow advised clients to manipulate their financial plan independent of their adviser.

Network Best Practice is to roll out a direct to consumer (D2C) proposition to its advisers allowing them to offer clients access to some self-service options.

Nutmeg has launched a personal pension charging between 0.3% and 1% depending on contribution, and free of set-up or exit fees.

Auto-enrolment has not proved an attractive business opportunity for many of True Potential's advisers as margins are small in relation to demands, senior partner Daniel Harrison has said.

Santander is planning to set up a direct to consumer (D2C) investment platform months after confirming it is re-entering the investment advice space.

Investors wishing to move from direct-to-consumer to adviser platforms face "punitive" exit fees, according to analysis by the lang cat.

Platforms saw the rate of assets under administration (AUA) growth jump by almost a fifth in the third quarter of 2014, according to research from Fundscape.