AJ Bell

Online investment and stockbroker services

AJ Bell was formed in Manchester in 1995 by Andy Bell and Nicholas Littlefair and provides online investment platforms and stockbroker services.

It has grown to become one of the UK's largest online investment platforms. It is privately owned with the two major shareholders being Bell and Invesco Perpetual. As of 6 August 2018, it has more than £42bn in AUM.

Among AJ Bell's product offering are SIPPs, a stocks and shares ISA, the Lifetime ISA, a dealing account and its recently-launched Passive Global Growth fund. It also provides investment advice for clients.

Regulation

Woodford saga: Industry believes there is light at the end of the tunnel for investors trapped in fund

FCA inquiry will not report this year

28 May 2021 • 4 min read

Multi-asset

Dividends versus coupons: How to meet the income investing challenge

Portfolio positioning for the recovery and beyond

19 May 2021 • 15 min read

ESG

IW Long Reads: Clear as mud? ESG fund info has a long way to go

How to frame products effectively so investors can choose the right ones

04 May 2021 • 6 min read

Funds

The Big Question: What fund is set to benefit from an economic recovery?

The products to back post-lockdown

04 May 2021 • 1 min read

Investment

Four managers have 'beaten Buffett' over the past two decades

160 UK funds generate higher returns

27 April 2021 • 2 min read

ESG

IW Long Reads: Is nuclear energy on the road to ruin or a sustainability silver bullet?

How the world can reach net zero target without resorting to nuclear power

22 March 2021 •

Platforms

AJ Bell acquires platform phone app developer Adalpha

Developing app for advisers

19 March 2021 •

People moves

'Well planned' retirement of Anderson may 'unsettle' some but industry backs Baillie Gifford

Growth sell-off coincidence rather than cause

19 March 2021 •

People moves

Baroness Helena Morrissey to join AJ Bell as NED and chair designate

Will step down from St James's Place board

16 March 2021 •

Industry

H2 2020 results round-up: Brooks Macdonald reaches record FUM after 'robust' investment performance

Managers report activity during H2

11 March 2021 •