Platforms

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has cautioned platforms against maximising legacy commission by waiting until the April 2016 deadline.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed execution-only platforms will be caught up by its cash rebate ban and has blamed a "typographical error" for earlier confusion.

The Financial Conduct Authority is to ban firms with platform and fund management arms effectively giving away platform services for free, in return for investment into its in-house funds.

The platform paper published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) this week is set to change the landscape of the platform industry in the UK, but what were the main points?

The FCA has moved to crack down on the potential for fund costs to rise as a result of the introduction of clean share classes.

The Financial Conduct Authority is to allow nominal ‘de minimis' cash rebates of £1 or less, despite outlawing the payments in all but name.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to consult on reading across its rules on platforms to adjacent markets, such as the self-invested personal pension (SIPP) market.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to ban cash rebates paid to consumers from platforms from April next year.

BlackRock has lifted its stake in Hargreaves Lansdown to over 5% as it backs the platform's share price to continue its meteoric rise.

Hargreaves Lansdown is planning to cut its Wealth 150 list down to as few as 30 funds as it looks to adapt to the new pricing world post-RDR.