UK Wrap Platforms - Market Research Report

UK Wrap Platforms - Market Research Report

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Introduction

The UK wrap market has developed over the last decade and competitors have entered and exited the market as it consolidates. However, much uncertainty remains regarding the significance of wraps to the shape of the life and pensions market under the Retail Distribution Review reforms.

Features and benefits

* Understand the key drivers that are pushing or pulling assets onto wrap platforms in 2011 and beyond.
* Assess the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches to the wrap market.
* Use Datamonitor analyses to ensure success in launching wrap propositions.

Highlights

Those involved in the development and offering of wraps assert that the increased availability and popularity will have a major impact on how investment products are marketed, sold and priced an on the revenues that are gained from them. However, the market has consolidated and look set to continue in this vein.
A common criticism levelled at analyses of the wrap market is a lack of clear definition of what defines a wrap and what distinguishes the proposition from other complex platforms in the market. The industry continues to assess whether clients, both IFAs and the end customers, are actually in need of such a comprehensive service.

Your key questions answered

* Assesses the impact of regulatory developments affection the wrap market.

* Sets out Datamonitor's forecasts for ‘wrappable assets' in the UK market for the period 2010-2014.
* Summarizes the market for warp accounts in the UK and the potential impact of this on life and pensions providers.


Table of Contents :

Executive Summary
Datamonitor has developed a clear definition of a pure wrap proposition
The potential size of the UK wrap market is identified through the value of wrappable assets
Current wrap propositions offer distinct advantages and disadvantages
The future success of players in the UK wrap market depends on identifying advisors needs
OVERVIEW
Catalyst
Summary
MARKET CONTEXT
Introduction
Wrap platforms are an enabling technology for a better distribution model
Wrap platforms have evolved from the fund supermarkets of the late 1990s
Datamonitor has developed a clear definition of a pure wrap proposition
A pure wrap offering incorporates five elements
Other services are deemed to be outside of what is considered a full wrap service
Developed wrap markets exist in the US and Australia
Wrap accounts play a major role in the US investment landscape
The Australian market for wrap services emerged in the 1980s
The UK advisory market has been a key push factor for the development of wraps
The potential size of the UK wrap market was euro1,027bn in 2009
Retail mutual funds, direct equity investments, ISAs, and collective investments are highly suitable wrappable assets
Regulatory reforms such as A-Day legislation has pulled SIPP investments onto wraps
The tax complexity of bonds and income-drawing options are making a wrap service attractive to IFAs
Datamonitor forecasts wrappable assets to reach euro1,706bn by 2014

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