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

DFMs in the advisory market

This week, five of the largest DFM firms – Brewin Dolphin, Brooks Macdonald, Investec Wealth & Investment, Quilter Cheviot and Rathbones – got together and launched an 'alliance' to sell financial advisers the benefits of outsourcing their investment function...

Fintech and the pension

Robo-advice hit the headlines again last week when Mark Carney upset the robo-advisers by linking the promise of fintech with the possibility of systemic risk. While the start-ups, sandboxes and incubators get all the attention, slowly but surely a quiet revolution...