Platforms

Platforms have been labelled the biggest winners of the 2014 Budget, as the increase in the ISA allowance and a move to provide more flexibility for retirees gives the sector a boost.

Wealth management group Succession is launching a ‘lite' version of its platform for clients with less than £50,000 of investable assets.

What is investment pre-funding and which of your preferred platforms offer it?

Zurich has launched a range of outcome focused funds for advisers using its retail platform, with Richard Romer-Lee's new consultancy Square Mile proving the underlying investment choices.

Hargreaves Lansdown received over 600 individual deals on fund prices before it decided which funds would make it onto its new Wealth 150 + list, Investment Week can reveal.

The Standard Life wrap is launching a third party discretionary fund management (DFM) service for advisers.

Ensuring direct-to-consumer (D2C) platforms do not stray into advice has become an "obsession" that is ultimately stunting innovation, a report has concluded.

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