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Hargreaves Lansdown shares fell sharply in morning trading as investors looked past record profits to focus on slowing business growth.
Platforms are yet to make the national press but, when they do, threesixty's Phil Young fears it'll likley be due to another sorry tale of behind-the-scenes money exchange between manufacturer and adviser...
Charles Stanley has appointed product aggregator All My Plans (AMP) to assist in the launch of a direct-to-consumer (D2C) platform later this year.
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The FSA will release a platform consultation paper within the next couple of months setting out draft rules on rebates and regulations for execution-only platforms, after Deloitte completed its research into the sector.
Cofunds has appointed Barclays Stockbrokers as exclusive provider of its new stock trading service.
FundsNetwork has urged the regulator to change tack and include platform re-registration under adviser charging principles as part of a wide-ranging critique of the regulator's legacy asset paper.
Bond funds enjoyed a surge in popularity among execution-only clients in the final quarter of last year, according to platform Cofunds' latest sales figures.
FSA rules around legacy assets are “unclear” and “incomplete” and could result in less transparency for consumers, according to the Investment Management Association (IMA).
Strategic bond sales soared in December as equity funds suffered a poor end to the year, according to the latest figures from platform Cofunds.
Fidelity FundsNetwork has added Hawksmoor Investment Management to its discretionary management service.
Next year will be a decisive year for fund supermarkets as they look to make the “huge transition” to the unbundled world, say wrap platforms.
The FSA’s understanding of the platform industry has again been called into question after it sent an “odd” questionnaire to operators quizzing them on their relationship with fund managers.
Less than 5% of independent financial advisers (IFAs) will leave the industry after retail distribution review (RDR) implementation, although an increasing number are worried about profitability, a survey suggests.
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