Embark Group, the diverse financial group with a Financial Planning arm and £11 billion in client assets, has launched its own platform with the aim of ‘disrupting’ the current platform sector.

Parmenion, the DFM and platform technology provider, has cut its initial fee and initial dealing charges to zero for all new business and top ups, it announced today.

IntegraFin Holdings Ltd, the holding company of investment platform Transact, has appointed Patrick Snowball as non-executive chairman as the firm prepares for a stock market listing in 2018.

Wrap platform operator Nucleus has paid its first dividend to shareholders since launch in 2006.