by Miranda Seath | 13 October 2016 | Archive
Click here to view video Jeremy Fawcett, Head of Direct, Platforum and Miranda Seath, Senior Researcher, Platforum discuss the headline findings from Platforum’s latest report UK Fund Distribution Guide: Passives, ETFs and Smart Beta
by Miranda Seath | 26 August 2016 | Archive
Every quarter, as part of the Adviser Platform Guide, Platforum takes the temperature on what advisers really think of platforms. A number of issues have been getting advisers’ goats but there are some gold stars in areas where platforms are getting it right (or in...
by Miranda Seath | 11 August 2016 | Archive
Aegon’s acquisition of Cofunds would create a combined entity with £87.7 billion in assets under administration (AUA). If we include the assets from the BlackRock acquisition, AUA stands at circa £97.9 billion. Taking into account retail assets only, the combined...
by Miranda Seath | 21 June 2016 | Archive
This week we take a look at Zurich’s intermediary platform proposition, which the Swiss insurer launched in 2013. The platform has a mix of workplace and advised assets on it, with 89 per cent sitting in the pension wrapper. Read the full article on MoneyMarketing...
by Miranda Seath | 17 June 2016 | Archive
Yesterday I went for coffee with a senior contact from the asset management arm of a major pension provider. It’s always interesting to chat to a fellow pensions geek but I was really struck by one comment that he made. In his view, pensions are really just an...
