the lang cat

An award for the direct platform offering the most transparent and plain-English charges, terms and conditions has no recipient for the second year running.

Average investors have seen their platform costs tumble by almost a fifth in the last five years, according to research by the lang cat, but advisers are not favouring the cheaper options.

Legal & General's decision to invite offers for Cofunds just two years after it bought the platform is fraught with a number of potential pitfalls, according to industry commentators.

The lifetime allowance "has outlived its usefulness" and should be scrapped as part of a wider overhaul of pension taxation, Tom McPhail has said.

Five unintended consequences of pensions freedom

Advisers are not asking the right questions when doing due diligence on discretionary fund managers (DFM), one such firm has said, in response to criticism it is "impossible" to compare their costs and services.

Advisers are being exposed to accusations of negligent advice by the regulator because comparing charges for the most common outsourced investment options - multi-manager (MM) and discretionary fund managers (DFMs) - is "impossible", according to a damning...

Investors wishing to move from direct-to-consumer to adviser platforms face "punitive" exit fees, according to analysis by the lang cat.

With the FCA's multiple spotlights converging on investment suitability, advisers are being invited to have their questions answered...

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