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

Some advisers claim that outsourcing investment selection reduces risk and the requirement to give suitable advice. We think that is wrong. Today I’ll make the case that regulatory responsibility sits with the adviser. I’ll also tackle MiFID II and the new duty to...

When I imagine my twilight years, I am not sitting in a cramped flat watching ‘Homes under the Hammer’. Rather I am making that once-in-a lifetime trip on the Trans-Siberian Express all the way to Vladivostok (this may just be me…?). But is retirement...

This week Heather Hopkins (@heatherahopkins), Head of Platforum, shares ten of our favourite stats from recent Platforum (@theplatforum) research. To help us ease into the weekend and because we all have enough to read (my pile includes this week’s 122 page FCA...

We may hit peak oil before 2020 after which production goes into terminal decline. At the D2C & Digital Investing conference last week, it was suggested by Econsultancy founder, Ashley Friedlein, that we have already hit peak CDO – the point at which the Chief...

Asset managers' profits are too high according to the FCA. That's the clear message in the Asset Management Market Study Final Report that the regulator published this week. The question is will their proposals make much of a difference? At Platforum’s D2C &...

“Simple fees,” boasts one robo proposition, “And certainly no hidden charges.” Says another: “Straightforward. How fees should be.” A third exclaims: “Fees with nothing to hide.” But I believe the bots have a few loose screws. When you think more about the market,...