Our regular round-up of the latest insights on investment distribution

COVID-19 savings glut

“We are all in the same storm – the pandemic – but we are not in the same boat.” The pandemic has impacted on different people very differently. We have just published our annual UK Consumer Insights report, looking at the behaviours and views of UK adults about...

Platforum Predicts

2020 has been a disaster for many businesses. The financial services sector has been very lucky in comparison, insulated from the worst of the crisis. Looking ahead to 2021, we examine here the major trends that are due to shape retail investment channels across...

The trends in DFM MPS pricing

Financial advisers’ use of DFMs and multi-asset funds by grew rapidly post-RDR. More broadly, in-house model portfolios and similar ‘investment solutions’ have become more popular with advisers, all at the expense of building bespoke advisory portfolios for each...

For sale: Parmenion and Nucleus on the market

Standard Life Aberdeen announced over the weekend that it was putting Parmenion up for sale. News then broke on Wednesday that Nucleus had already received some proposals. Parmenion and Nucleus are two very different propositions, and they present very different...