AIC launches investment company platform comparison tool

Alongside the lang cat

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has launched a tool on its website that allows advisers and consumers to research the costs of holding and transacting investment companies on investment platforms.

The tool is based on research by the lang cat and provides up-to-date information on 27 D2C and 19 adviser platforms, the trade association said. It includes a number of heat maps that show how much an investor might pay to hold and trade investment companies depending on the size of their portfolio. There are also heat maps for portfolios with different proportions of companies and open-ended funds - like 50/50 and 75/25 splits, for example. Others show the cost of holding investments inside and outside model portfolios for adviser platforms. AIC reveals latest trust 'Dividend...