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[ PLATFORMS & PENSIONS ]
John Blowers investigates how
the wave of consolidation in the
platform industry is likely to affect
the end investor
Last man
standing
I
n February 2020, interactive
investor announced the purchase
of The Share Centre, further
reducing the choice of consumer
platforms available to UK investors.
I would put The Share Centre in
the Premier League of investment
platforms, along with Hargreaves
Lansdown, AJ Bell, Fidelity,
Bestinvest and of course interactive
investor itself.
Yes, there is still a wide choice of
options if you want to look at the
smaller players. These consist
of independent platforms
(for example Strawberry
Invest, Chelsea Financial
Services and Willis Owen), or from
larger players that don’t seem to be
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