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

Aegon is the youngest of the adviser platforms we consider but is the fastest growing. Assets under administration at the end of June were £4.63bn, up 139 per cent in the past year. Net sales figures remain strong, just shy of 90 per cent of gross sales. The...

“The demand for advice has never been greater” according to Aegon UK’s CEO, Adrian Grace, talking with Platforum about how change in the sector is impacting the way consumers access investments. He sees the pension freedoms creating “a huge boom opportunity [for...

Just when financial professionals thought lack of sunscreen was their biggest worry, the world’s stockmarkets have been thrown into turmoil. Economic woes in China, fragility in the US and uncertainty in Europe may well drive investors out of funds, which spells...

2015 witnessed a new era of pension freedoms and we wanted to hear Peter’s thoughts on what this actually means for savers and if it will change attitudes to long-term saving. We also quizzed him on the Financial Advice Market Review – or RDR II as it has...

Just when financial professionals thought that lack of sunscreen or the Ashley Madison hack were their biggest worries, the world's financial markets have been thrown into turmoil. Economic woes in China, fragility in America and uncertainty in Europe may well...

In response to the rumours that AXA is to sell its UK business, Platforum provides the following data on AXA’s adviser and D2C platform businesses. AXA Wealth Elevate – the adviser platform • AXA Wealth Elevate ranks 10th in AUA among adviser platforms as at 30th...