by Jeremy Fawcett and Cristina Puscas | 10 July 2020 | UK D2C
Interactive Investor finalised its takeover of The Share Centre this week – its third acquisition in three years and an indication of how M&A can rapidly accelerate a company’s growth. Winning new customers is the biggest challenge for most online investing...
by Cristina Puscas | 24 April 2020 | ESG, UK D2C
ESG or Socially Responsible Investing has been a hot topic in the institutional investing domain for some time and providers in the UK retail investment arena are starting to follow suit. Direct platforms have been cautious in their approaches. One of the main...
by Cristina Puscas | 31 January 2020 | UK D2C
Investec Click & Invest, Tiller Investments and most recently Moola have all shut their digital wealth manager operations in the last 12 months. These closures add to the existing concerns over the long-term sustainability of robo advisers’ business models....
by Cristina Puscas | 29 November 2019 | UK D2C
Competition in the D2C market is fierce. The RDR was initially expected to lead to an exodus away from financial advice towards self-direction. A plethora of D2C propositions therefore came to market, expecting to cash in. Six years on, while asset prices have risen,...
by Cristina Puscas | 08 November 2019 | UK D2C
Over the past year, we’ve seen direct platforms significantly improving the investor experience and there are more companies that can genuinely claim to offer a top rate service. In particular, content and guidance have improved and new mobile features have been...
