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Customers of D2C platform Hargreaves Lansdown are likely to get lower prices if they transact business online.

Investment company purchases on platforms by advisers and wealth managers are up 53% in the first six months of 2013 against the same period last year, research by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) shows.

AXA Elevate has teamed up with Winterflood Business Services to cut the cost of trading securities including ETFs across the platform by moving to an aggregated system.

News of the hotly-anticipated Royal Mail IPO was unsurprisingly popular among our readers this week, with ongoing pricing battles in the platform space also catching the eye.

Cofunds has said its move to scrap its £40 annual fixed platform charge for some users will impact around 80,000 clients, indicating an initial hit to revenues of around £3m.

Investment Week's news editor Nick Paler took the top accolade at last night's Platform Awards, winning journalist of the year.

Cofunds has scrapped its annual £40 fixed platform charge for clients using its explicit pricing model, following its takeover by Legal & General.

Wrap platform AXA Elevate has played its hand in the super clean space by revealing it expects to get access to preferential share classes from a range of fund managers.

The shortlists for the Aberdeen UK Platform Awards 2013 have been announced. We start with the nominees for the big one: Platform of the Year...

Advisers and consumers should ask ‘critical questions' about whether the experience of using platforms justifies the additional costs and complexities involved, according to Bruce Moss, founder and strategy director at eValue.