Our regular round-up of the latest insights on investment distribution
The direction of travel for European Fund Distribution
Every European market is unique. Local regulations and interpretations of pan-European directives differ. Fund distribution channels differ. The mix of investments differs. The asset managers and insurance companies providing these investments differ. European...
Richard Bradley 25 October 2019
Woodford Exit
This week saw Link pull the plug on the Woodford Equity Income Fund (WEIF), leading to the investment manager’s exit from its other vehicles. WEIF investors don’t know how much of the 85p current valuation will be returned to them in 2020. The Patient Capital...
Jeremy Fawcett 18 October 2019
How ‘in-house’ are advisers’ in-house investment propositions?
There is a significant amount of third-party influence on financial advisers’ investment propositions. Our latest research finds that even portfolios built ‘in-house’ tend to be heavily influenced by external groups such as research agencies, risk profiling tools,...
Andrew Ashwood 11 October 2019
Avoiding the Kodak moment for asset management…
Players across the asset management value chain who don’t pivot in response to today’s changes are risking obsolescence. Asset managers need to reconnect with end investors to understand how they want to consumer as well as what they want to consume. It’s about...
Jeremy Fawcett 07 October 2019
Risky business – how advisers are using risk profiling tools
Advisers are increasingly making use of third-party risk profiling tools, with over 70% of adviser firms now telling us at Platforum that they use them. But how they use these planning tools varies greatly from firm to firm, as we found in Harrogate at our most...
Mariam Pourshoushtari 20 September 2019
Platforms: back to basics
Over the decade that Platforum has been covering platforms, we’ve seen the market evolve and mature. But sometimes it’s worth getting back to basics and posing a much simpler question: what exactly is a platform? In our soon-to-be-published UK Adviser Platforms...
Andrew Ashwood 13 September 2019