by Heather Hopkins | 15 December 2015 | Archive
The workplace savings market is attracting a great deal of attention. Many consider it the best opportunity to close the savings gap. With auto-enrolment (AE) having been rolled out across large employers and SMEs currently staging, unprecedented numbers of consumers...
by Heather Hopkins | 11 December 2015 | Archive
This week, @heatherahopkins reviews the Platforum team’s predictions for 2015 — where we hit or missed the mark. While each of the last 365 days seems to have whizzed by, looking back it feels like a long time since we wrote our Platforum predictions for 2015....
by Miranda Seath and Heather Hopkins | 13 November 2015 | Archive
This week, Heather Hopkins (@heatherahopkins) and Miranda Seath (@SeathMiranda) give an update on Platforum’s recent survey of Employee Benefit Consultants, Corporate Advisers and Employers as part of our Workplace Savings Research. Our recent survey of Corporate...
by Heather Hopkins | 06 November 2015 | Archive
After our Friday missive last week on the future of platforms we had a few queries about the rise of DFM assets on platform. We are hearing consistently from advisers that they would like to see more DFM managed assets on platform. Advisers have well-founded...
by Heather Hopkins | 30 October 2015 | Archive
Are there any investment platforms left that aren’t up for sale? One could be excused for thinking that a quizzical faint-heartedness has struck the industry’s leaders, heads of adviser platforms in particular. Investment platforms are the preferred route to market...
