Platforms
AJ Bell grows revenues amid record new client sign-ups
Online investment platform AJ Bell has reported rapid growth in its revenues after it added almost 12,000 customers in the space of six months.
Investment | 16 May 17
ANALYSIS: Are platforms facing an ‘existential crisis’?
As certain platform businesses boomed in Q1 with year-on-year sales over 30% higher, others posted huge losses, begging the question: are they facing an “existential crisis”?
People Moves | 15 May 17
Ohanessian reinstated as Praemium chief exec after board purge
Michael Ohanessian has been reappointed chief executive of Australia-based platform provider Praemium following a shareholder vote to remove the chairman and three directors last week.
People Moves | 12 May 17
Praemium’s ex-CEO triumphs as chairman and board are removed
Michael Ohanessian, the former chief executive of Praemium, has successfully ousted the company’s chairman and three directors who sacked him in February 2017.
UBS AM launches cross border Hong Kong platform
UBS Asset Management has launched a Hong Kong mutual fund platform, setting sights on distribution into the onshore China market, said Markus Egloff, head of wholesale client coverage for Asia ex-Japan.