wrap platforms

This month's Retirement Planner Inquiry takes a look at how platforms are being used in the retirement planning market

Professional Adviser has joined forces with Fund Intelligence to investigate what advisers really think of their wrap platforms.

In the latest Interactive Financial Adviser debate, our panelists from Ascentric and Worldwide Financial Planning discussed corporate platforms and wraps.

Legal & General Savings has appointed former head of Standard Life Savings Geoff Towers as MD platforms and distribution as the firm focuses on its RDR business transition strategy.

The FSA has fired a warning shot to firms failing to conduct adequate platform risk management arrangements when changing business models.

Standard Life took home the top gong of Platform of the Year at the Aberdeen UK Platform Awards.

The FSA is "in a bind" as it reconsiders its position on a rebate ban and other platform-related issues, according to Cofunds CEO Charlie Eppinger.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and the Personal Finance Society (PFS) will publish a 'plain English' version of the FSA's RDR guidance next year, because it says many advisers are still 'very unsure' about how to comply with the new rules.

At AT8 we have been following the move towards platforms with interest, particular the networks' strategy.

The UK leads the world in wraps and platforms, although the market still has a way to go before it is "truly established", outgoing AIFA director general Chris Cummings says.