Our regular round-up of the latest insights on investment distribution
Robinhood retreats
Robinhood has called off its UK raid to double down on disrupting the US stockbroking market. Just as King John would have been delighted to see the back of his nemesis, we see the same relief from today’s establishment with HL’s share price rallying 10% on the day...
Jeremy Fawcett 27 July 2020
How coronavirus will affect D2C growth strategies
Interactive Investor finalised its takeover of The Share Centre this week – its third acquisition in three years and an indication of how M&A can rapidly accelerate a company’s growth. Winning new customers is the biggest challenge for most online investing...
Jeremy Fawcett and Cristina Puscas 10 July 2020
Hargreaves Lansdown – making the shortlist
Hargreaves Lansdown unveiled its new Wealth Shortlist this week, replacing the short-lived Wealth 50 which it launched back in January 2019. Since then it has faced much criticism, especially during the well-publicised Woodford issues. The nuts and bolts With the...
Andrew Ashwood 03 July 2020
Investment committees – a growing force in investment selection
Nearly two-thirds (62%) of adviser firms now have investment committees; and these play an increasingly important role in selecting investments, according to our latest research into adviser investment propositions. Many smaller firms have these committees, and...
Jennifer Mallett 19 June 2020
Institutional fund platforms: more than just facilitators
Fund platforms are no longer simply intermediaries linking asset managers and distributors. This is especially true of institutional platforms, which over recent years have moved far beyond their traditional role as facilitators of fund transactions and...
Victor Garcia Priego 12 June 2020
Regaining influence – M&G acquires Ascentric
M&G has acquired the Ascentric platform this week. Its c. £14bn assets are either on the standard platform or a full white label option (such as Succession’s bespoke platform). At our last count, just shy of 1,800 adviser firms use Ascentric. So where will this...
Andrew Ashwood 29 May 2020