Cofunds
Aegon fundmarket platform
Cofunds is a fundmarket that provides investment platform services in the UK. The company's product options include bond, pension, collectives and cash services. It also provides consolidation, investor administration, online investor, intermediary and integration services.
The company, which is based in London, was bought by Aegon, the pensions, life insurance and asset management business, from former owner Legal & General in 2016.
Aegon is working towards integrating the platform with Aegon Retirement Choices (ARC), bringing many of Cofunds' features into ARC.
Platforms
Skandia has stepped up the pressure on peers in the platform space after moving to undercut competitors on key funds including Neil Woodford's Invesco Perpetual Income and High Income funds.
24 January 2013
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Platforms
Cofunds sales and marketing director Alastair Conway is leaving the platform after five years.
23 January 2013
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Platforms
Some of the UK's major platforms are considering writing to the FSA to complain about Cofunds, arguing the largest fund platform in the country is prohibiting easy re-registration.
18 January 2013
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Platforms
Cofunds has extended its lead as the UK's largest platform, with assets rising to £45bn, according to the Platforum's latest pricing guide.
11 January 2013
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UK
PIMCO has listed 23 funds across a number of IMA sectors, including the £20bn Total Return Bond fund in the Global Bond sector, managed by Bill Gross (pictured).
29 November 2012
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Investment
Brett Williams, the former head of platform giants Skandia and Cofunds, has moved into the EIS market with a series of launches through his new venture Old Burlington Investments (OBI).
29 October 2012
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Platforms
The technology firm behind the Cofunds platform is in talks to run a full platform service for the company, Investment Week's sister title IFAonline understands.
24 October 2012
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Platforms
Cofunds is planning to target life companies failing to attain traction in the platform market.
19 October 2012
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Platforms
Cofunds' ‘explicit pricing model' has gone live today, with 1,700 clean share classes from 85 fund groups.
25 September 2012
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