Standard Life has reported modest growth in its UK business for 2014, with profits before costs up nearly 6% during the year, driven by demand for the life company's auto-enrolment workplace pensions.
Platform Ascentric has removed the set up and transfer-in costs on its in-house self invested personal pension (SIPP) and cut its annual tax wrapper fee from £150 to £100.
An execution-only investment platform launched a year ago by Surrey-based IFA Informed Choice has closed to new business after its pricing terms became uncompetitive.
Nick Paler asks Hargreaves Lansdown chief executive Ian Gorham how the UK’s largest platform is navigating the new pricing environment
Aegon's decision to introduce price caps on the Retirement Choices wrap and the One Retirement SIPP is "potentially game changing", according to platform consultancy the lang cat.
Investors suing Capita for compensation over the failed Arch Cru fund range are writing to up to 40 wraps and platforms asking them to pass on details of their action to clients who were also invested in the collapsed funds.
Stephen Mohan, head of UK & Ireland at Allfunds Bank, has reignited conversations with fund managers and clients about ‘0%' share classes, amid potential changes to VAT rules.
Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has reported a record year for external new business in 2013, with gross inflows up almost 70%, a highlight in a strong set of results for its life company parent.