Platforms

Barclays Stockbrokers has cut the charge on its self-invested personal pension (SIPP) just weeks after revealing its clean pricing structure.

Peter Mann is to retire from Old Mutual Wealth in the middle of 2014.

Direct platforms - all the rage since the start of the year - need not be seen as the enemy by advisers

Platforms attempting to dodge the cash rebate ban by paying consumers units in a cash fund would be acting in an 'incredibly foolish' manner and going against the spirit of the rules, Fidelity has warned.

Invesco Perpetual is launching a new discounted share class for five of the UK's largest platforms, offering their users cheaper access to its fund range, Investment Week can reveal.

Platform Allfunds Bank has appointed Anna Graziano from technology company Calastone as head of operations and proposition, completing its UK team.

Hargreaves Lansdown has confirmed a number of its new discounted fund deals will be subject to HMRC's rebate tax, with only 9 of the 27 funds on its Wealth 150 Plus list available via preferentially priced share classes.

Hargreaves Lansdown has revealed the exact details of its new clean pricing deals from leading fund groups including M&G, Newton and Schroders.

Fidelity's Personal Investing platform has moved to minimise the impact of D2C super clean fund deals on the end-investor by offering to refund the difference when funds are available more cheaply elsewhere.

UK platform Skandia has reported profits of £13m in 2013, up from £2m in 2012, after net inflows of over £2bn last year.