FNZ, the fintech firm behind several UK platforms, has completed the takeover of Australian rival GBST Holdings, a provider of technology to capital markets and the wealth management sector.

Investment platform AJ Bell has revealed a boost in assets and customers in a trading update in respect of its financial year ended 30 September.

Global investment manager Orbis Investments has revealed that its OEIC Global Equity fund and the Orbis OEIC Global Balanced fund have now been added to the Standard Life Wrap platform. 

Retirement wealth planning firm James Hay has appointed platform veteran Stephen Wynne-Jones as its head of marketing.