Platform giants Standard Life and Fidelity have attacked Hargreaves Lansdown over its new pricing structure following its release yesterday.
Standard Life Investments has moved to stop smaller platform investors from accessing its Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) fund's cheaper institutional share class by closing a loophole that waived the minimum investment.
Fidelity Worldwide Investment has secured best price fund deals from the vast majority of its major fund partners after groups agreed to sign up to its recently-unveiled Access programme.
As Aviva Investors prepares for the arrival of its new CEO Euan Munro, Jeremy Leadsom, sales director for UK financial institutions, has played down its plans to launch a GARS-style product in the new year.
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