Platforms defy volatility with best net sales in three years, finds Fundscape - IFA Magazine

Platforms defy volatility with best net sales in three years

The UK platform market recorded its strongest net sales in three years in Q1 2025, shrugging off stock market turbulence and geopolitical uncertainty. According to the latest figures from consultancy Fundscape, total platform assets held steady at £1.1 trillion, with £687bn on adviser platforms.

Platforms defy volatility with best net sales in three years, finds Fundscape - IFA Magazine

Against a volatile geopolitical backdrop, it was no surprise to see stock markets yo-yoing throughout the first quarter and dragging down platform industry assets. Nevertheless, robust net sales helped assets hold steady at £1.1trn (£687bn for adviser platforms). Indeed, without Nucleus’s addition of c£7bn in Third Financial assets, total assets would have fallen.  Despite Trumponomics, looming IHT changes and persistent economic uncertainty, in…

Fundscape: Platforms defy volatility with best net sales in three years - Wealth DFM

Against a volatile geopolitical backdrop, it was no surprise to see stock markets yo-yoing throughout the first quarter and dragging down platform industry assets. Nevertheless, robust net sales helped assets hold steady at £1.1trn (£687bn for adviser platforms). Indeed, without Nucleus’s addition of c£7bn in Third Financial assets, total assets would have fallen.  Despite Trumponomics, looming IHT changes and persistent economic uncertainty, in…