Tinder, Match, or speed dating: The DFM/platform relationship
A self invested personal pension (SIPP) provider is to launch a panel of discretionary fund managers (DFM) on its platform in a bid to satisfy what it said is adviser demand.
Standard Life Wrap has partnered with eight discretionary firms in a bid to enhance the service it offers advisers facing up to pension freedom challenges.
Advisers are not asking the right questions when doing due diligence on discretionary fund managers (DFM), one such firm has said, in response to criticism it is "impossible" to compare their costs and services.
Zurich has expanded its platform offering to include a discretionary fund management service for the first time.
Advisers are being exposed to accusations of negligent advice by the regulator because comparing charges for the most common outsourced investment options - multi-manager (MM) and discretionary fund managers (DFMs) - is "impossible", according to a damning...
Discretionary fund manager (DFM) Copia Capital Management - part of the Novia group - has reported its first annual performance figures since it began trading a year ago, which show it has beat The Investment Association (IA) industry sector average across...
Blog: Let’s lift the DFM commission cloud
Discretionary fund manager Tilney for Intermediaries is giving advisers the option of conducting the risk profile and suitability checks in-house before handing over investment responsibility.
Ian Cooke, chief executive of network Best Practice IFA Group, has called on regulation to force asset managers to disclose their entire charges transparently.