Platform assets administration at investment platform AJ Bell rose 17% to £55.2bn in 2020, according to its annual results released today.

UK pension savers paid 11% less into workplace defined contribution pension schemes as the Coronavirus pandemic hit the UK, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Platform and SIPP provider AJ Bell will remove the VAT charge from its Managed Portfolio Service (MPS) from 1 October.

Markets are pricing in the Bank of England keeping the base rate low, or even cutting it further, throughout 2021 despite the roll out of Coronavirus vaccines and the emergence of a Brexit deal, according to AJ Bell.