Tax planning specialist Octopus has hired Shaun Sandiford from AXA Elevate to head up its relationships with platforms.
Axa Wealth saw funds under management on its wrap proposition Elevate rise by £2bn in the last 12 months.
AXA Wealth has agreed preferential, non-rebated share classes on 153 funds from seven fund groups.
A disgruntled IFA has vowed to shun Fidelity's Fundsnetwork platform after a client's re-registration got cancelled for the third time.
Axa Elevate has cut charges on portfolios valued at £1m or more for new and existing customers.
Axa Wealth's multi-manager arm Architas has appointed former UBS GAM sales director James Bampton as head of intermediary sales.
Axa Wealth is launching an exclusive share class on the Architas range for Elevate users, which delivers a 20bps reduction in the standard clean share class charge.
Axa Wealth recorded a 45% rise in assets under management at its Elevate platform in the third quarter of the year, helping the group push its overall assets toward £25bn.