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Retail sales at AXA Wealth were up 3% to £2.5bn in the third quarter, with funds under management hitting £27bn, while the group's platform saw assets grow by over a quarter year-on-year.

Barclays is seeking to include a D2C discretionary investment service offering model portfolios to clients in its relaunched consumer platform proposition, Investment Week understands.

Disrupting the disruptors

The head of AXA Elevate's operations team has left the business following a restructure, Investment Week can reveal.

Old Mutual Wealth has appointed former Rathbone Brothers chief executive Andy Pomfret as a non-executive director.

Cofunds is planning to review the language of a client letter after an adviser slammed its 'provider speak'.

Investment Week news editor Nick Paler has been named journalist of the year at the Aberdeen UK Platform Awards for a second successive year.

Old Mutual Wealth chief executive Paul Feeney has told analysts that platforms must seek to integrate with other businesses if they are to survive in the coming years.

Ian Gorham, chief executive of D2C giant Hargreaves Lansdown, saw his total pay climb to £10.6m this year after cashing in some long-term share options.