Retail investment account openings slump by 90%
- Monday, 11 December 2023
- Articles
![Chart showing how retail investment sales have fallen. Source: FCA](/media/k2/items/cache/1781b0f0b0cdc94e32135ec4bf802ad0_Generic.jpg)
The number of retail investment accounts opened in the last three years has slumped to just over a tenth of its peak.
Read more...CMC Markets to launch retail investment platform
- Thursday, 10 June 2021
- Articles
![CMC Markets currently primarily offers spread betting and forex trading](/media/k2/items/cache/c02b73b325bec01fee6b9ba033286164_Generic.jpg)
Spread betting platform CMC Markets is to launch a retail investment platform as it looks to compete with the likes of Hargreaves Lansdown, Funds Network and AJ Bell.
Read more...Technical Update: Growing retail investment use of ETFs needs diligence
- Wednesday, 08 January 2014
- Insight & Analysis
![Frank Spiteri of IFP corporate member ETF Securities](/media/k2/items/cache/408692b836aac4643247b13719bfa3fe_Generic.jpg)
Market and regulatory change is altering the way planners do business and nowhere is this more obvious than in the ETF sector where retail usage of this once predominantly institutional investment class is growing rapidly.
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