Latest.

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State of the Platform Nation: Scale, outflows and a changing market

Including lang cat analysis of platform pricing and advisers' provider ratings.

Rich Mayor • Tuesday, 6 May 2025

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Regulation update: The signals pointing towards ISA reform

The government has so far resisted major reform, but change may be on the cards in the near future.

Alison Gay • Tuesday, 6 May 2025

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Profit and beyond: Getting the measure of the platform market

How much weight should platform profitability be given? And where does it fit in the overall picture?

Terry Huddart • Monday, 31 March 2025

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Adviser briefing: The path to IHT and pensions changes begins

It’s still the effects of the Budget that are being reflected in platform numbers and propositions.

Rich Mayor • Friday, 28 March 2025

Analyser.

1 min read

Profit and beyond: Getting the measure of the platform market

How much weight should platform profitability be given? And where does it fit in the overall picture?

Terry Huddart • Monday, 31 March 2025

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Pricing update: Aberdeen Wrap

New pricing has been rolled out for existing Wrap clients, with charges first applied on 5 March.

Abbey Moffat • Thursday, 20 March 2025

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Featured: LV= Platform on Analyser

Including access to LV='s smoothed managed fund range, with platform charges starting at 0.27%.

Natalie Holt • Thursday, 13 March 2025

Market insight.

4 min read

State of the Platform Nation: Scale, outflows and a changing market

Including lang cat analysis of platform pricing and advisers' provider ratings.

Rich Mayor • Tuesday, 6 May 2025

1 min read

Adviser briefing: The path to IHT and pensions changes begins

It’s still the effects of the Budget that are being reflected in platform numbers and propositions.

Rich Mayor • Friday, 28 March 2025

1 min read

Adviser briefing: A market in limbo?

Platform assets are up just shy of 2%, but that doesn't mean every platform has fared the same.

Rich Mayor • Monday, 25 November 2024

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Half-time oranges: A progress report on platform switching

The platforms that are making the cut for adviser professionals, and how this has changed over time.

Rich Mayor • Tuesday, 10 September 2024

8 min read

The tech dilemma facing platforms

How platforms manage competing priorities, and what planners are asking them for.

Natalie Holt • Tuesday, 12 November 2024

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abrdn's 'new client' pricing: the lang cat view

Our take on abrdn Wrap's pricing changes, and how the price cut stacks up.

Mark Polson • Thursday, 23 May 2024

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Platforms, MPS and the new wave of integration

Our analysis of the Transact-BlackRock tie-up, and whether integration can actually be a good thing.

the lang cat • Monday, 20 November 2023