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

Aegon has reported a sharp rise in platform assets in the first half to £140bn as it completed its integration with acquisition Cofunds.

Investment platform AJ Bell has boosted assets to more than £50bn for the first time according to a trading update in respect of the three months ended 30 June.

GPP, the wealth solutions, custody and clearing provider, has revealed client assets on its wealth platform have surpassed £2bn in value.