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Skandia is launching its unbundled platform model in the fourth quarter of 2012, along with an adviser charging structure designed to accommodate different fee types.

Friends Life has inked a deal with FundsNetwork which will see the platform supply an ISA and fund range to retail customers within its heritage business.

Platform unbundling will no doubt make investment trusts more accessible - but the jury is still out on whether it will make them more popular.

Advisers have been urged to remind clients they could shelter more than £58,000 from the taxman this ISA season.

Sometimes the relationship between adviser and client does not work out – so how do platforms deal with ‘orphaned’ customers?

Trust providers still have to battle a number of misconceptions before advisers can truly understand the benefits of closed-ended structures, writes Ed Morse, head of investment trust business development at F&C Investments.

Platform-to-platform re-reg is among the few scenarios in which commission will remain. But should it?

David White, head of Fundsnetwork, argues advisers can learn from private banks and wealth managers when it comes to client reviews.

Advisers should consider the ownership of a platform when doing their due diligence as foreign-owned platforms are historically more likely to pull out of the market, according to Ascentric managing director Hugo Thorman.

The next instalment in our popular series on getting the most out of your favourite platform takes a look at Fidelity's Fundsnetwork.