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

Platforms and advisers - especially advisers - are going to find it a lot harder to ignore peer to peer (P2P) lending in the coming year. Two important events will drive this market in the coming few months: P2P lending will qualify as an ISA investment under the...

Our latest adviser platform research provides in-depth insight into trends in the adviser platform market. We analyse platform performance based on AUA, sales data and adviser ratings and drill down into the factors affecting performance of the individual...

Over 50% of advisers tell us they use multi-manager/multi-asset funds however asset flows seem to be stalling, the less mature D2C space looks much more positive. In the final update of our Fund Distribution 2015 series: Multi-Manager in Focus we look at the trends...

Our recent Fund Distribution report focussing on discretionary fund managers (DFMs) explores how the DFM industry has evolved and how this evolution has impacted the products themselves. We also look at the process of asset allocation by DFMs and how they work with...

The combination of Friends Life’s workplace savings book and Aviva’s consumer brand strength has the makings of a dominant force in the sector. We estimate that Aviva Friends Life has £45bn in workplace savings AUM, making it the largest player in the sector by...

Novia has stolen a march on many of its peers by forging ahead with bringing discretionary fund managers onto its platform. It offers access to a wide range of DFMs: currently 60 and counting. We take a look at why it has been so successful in attracting DFMs and...