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Should you access trusts via a platform?

'There could be disasters in the D2C space'

ITs in 2014: Narrowing discounts and an income focus

Andy Pomfret, former chief executive of Rathbones, has joined the board of Interactive Investor as a non-executive director.

Alliance Trust has overhauled its equity team, with the loss of five roles expected to save £2m a year.

Retail sales at AXA Wealth were up 3% to £2.5bn in the third quarter, with funds under management hitting £27bn, while the group's platform saw assets grow by over a quarter year-on-year.

What benefits do investment trusts offer investors that ETFs do not?

Investors using direct to consumer platforms are now among the largest shareholders in investment trusts, as a post-RDR revival for the sector gets underway.

The retirement guidance guarantee will not be delivered by the Money Advice Service (MAS), the Treasury has said, in a reversal of the government's previous announcement.

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