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

The acquisition of Blackrock’s defined contribution platform would make Aegon the 4th largest by AUM in UK DC pensions with £30.2 billion in assets, as at 31st December 2015 according to Platforum Blackrock’s ‘bundled’ DC business provides pensions for some 125...

The key to penetrating foreign fund markets is taking the time to build relationships and a locally established brand. Apparently it’s all about drinking coffee; which conjures up charming images of cafes around Munich’s Marienplatz or the old town of Salzburg. The...

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We work in a sector that is particularly fond of labels. At the ABI’s Long-term savings conference this week, Joanne Segars visibly flinched when broadcaster Sarah Montague referred to the Money Advice Service as providing ‘advice’. She quickly put her straight –...

“A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.” Shakespeare’s aphorism on pension savings (OK, it’s on aging -- from Much Ado About Nothing) is relevant today in light of radical changes to pensions savings in more recent history. The dawn of...

Discretionary fund management model portfolios on platform are a hot topic – and rightly so. They are a powerful source of growth for platform assets and a sleek route for DFMs to access the wider retail market. It is still early days for model portfolios on...