Aviva

Multi-asset investors have been upping their cash allocations as fears of a market correction escalate and safe-haven opportunities in other asset classes dry up.

Aviva's platform has said it is on course to achieve profitability in 2016 and its target of £6bn in AUM by the end of the year, after assets doubled in the last 12 months.

Platforms are racing to update their conversion programmes as advisers complain about hefty charges when switching clients into clean share classes.

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