Novia

Scotland voting yes to independence from the rest of the UK would be a "disaster" Novia chief executive - and Scot - Bill Vasilieff has said, less than a month before the referendum.

Aegon UK is to buy Novia Investment Services Limited (NISL) from parent Novia Financial in a deal which brings its platform development business in-house, Investment Week can reveal.

Novia's in-house discretionary fund management service, Copia Capital Management, has gone live today, and the platform has already seen interest from several adviser users.

Last night the prestigious Aberdeen UK Platform Awards were held in London. Here are all the winners and the judges' comments on why they scooped the prizes.

Novia's ongoing arrangement to build and administer Aegon's platform netted the group's subsidiary £1m in 2012, the latest results have revealed.

Wrap platform Novia has said it will no longer accept cash rebates on new or legacy business from April 2014.

Platform Novia is to launch its own fund management arm in the final quarter of the year, providing advisers with a range of risk-rated portfolios to offer to clients.

Platform Novia has seen its profits before tax jump by more than a fifth in 2012, after assets climbed sharply to rise above £1.4bn.