Platforms
Royal London AM intermediary inflows increase 33%
Funds under management reach £117bn
Charles Stanley shifts platform fees up closer to Hargreaves
D2C investment platform had been considered one of the industry’s cheaper offerings
Advisers frustrated by platform switching
UK regulator worried that established clients are stuck on expensive legacy platforms
Best Practice | 9 Aug 18
Technology can make or break adviser/client relationships
Clunky technology “almost always reflects badly on the adviser”
AFH Group boss calls platforms ‘dead weight’ as he scraps fees
UK investment management company AFH Group has blasted platforms as too expensive and announced the company will be absorbing fees for new clients and scrapping them for existing clients.