Legal & General has said it must "operationally leverage" its Cofunds platform and boost flows into its asset management arm this year in order to improve its business mix.
The potential sales of Transact and Seven Investment Management (7IM), as well as increased scrutiny from the regulator, have prompted advisers to start probing platforms on their exit strategies.
Launched in a blaze of publicity last February, Old Mutual Wealth (OMW) set out its WealthSelect proposition as a rival to traditional discretionary fund management services.
Nick Greenwood, manager of the Miton Worldwide Growth investment trust, discusses a little-heralded UK equity fund that could prosper this year.
The overhaul of the British Assets trust may have caused an unusual discount narrowing on the £2.6bn Foreign & Colonial trust, according to analysts.
Aviva head of platform Tim Orton says a D2C self-service proposition is "still on the cards" for the firm but ongoing regulatory guidance is delaying advisers' potential use of the offering.
Capacity crunch for platforms?