FE fundinfo, a leading financial data company connecting the investment industry across the UK, Europe and Asia Pacific through its Nexus platform, has today announced the winners of its 2026 Platform Platinum Ratings. These Ratings are a benchmark in evaluating financial advisers’ platform performances and show excellence within the UK Platform industry.
Quilter, Transact, Aviva Wrap, Fidelity Adviser Solutions, Aberdeen Wrap platform, Hubwise, Nucleus, AJ Bell Investcentre, Scottish Widows Platform and Parmenion make up the top ten Platinum-ranked platforms for 2026.
Quilter has been ranked the highest platform for the third consecutive year. Consistent performance across price competitiveness, user experience and due diligence metrics underpinned its continued leadership, reinforcing its position as the most frequently considered platform among advisers.
Several platforms delivered standout improvements in 2026, signalling a more competitive and dynamic market. Nucleus had the largest movement up the rankings, rising eight places, having delivered consistent performance across service, search frequency and pricing metrics.
Scottish Widows has moved up the rankings as well due to frequently meeting advisers’ search requirements and regular appearances among the top three in due diligence searches.
Other notable platforms include Parmenion, which moved up six places, driven by the highest service quality score for remote sales support. Hubwise achieved the third-largest movement up the rankings due to price competitiveness, ranking in the top three on pricing measures in 85% of assessments.
The Platform Platinum Ratings compile market data and direct adviser feedback to score platforms across eight key areas:
- Price competitiveness
- Reach of proposition
- Penetration and conversion rate
- Case size
- Transaction processing experience
- Client reporting experience
- Remote support experience
- Platform features & due diligence
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Jodie Gallagher, Head of UK IFA Product at FE fundinfo, said: “By combining market data with detailed insights from advisers who are actively reviewing and switching platforms, the ratings go beyond stated propositions, reflecting how platforms operate in practice. This approach plays an important role in bringing greater transparency and comparability to the adviser platform market, providing the industry with an evidence-based view of which platforms are genuinely supporting advice delivery and client outcomes”.
The Platform Platinum Ratings, previously known as the FE Adviser Asset Platinum Ratings and in their 11th year, draw on enhanced adviser insight, incorporating feedback across 28 individual aspects of platform user experience captured through the FE Analytics platform switching tool.
With data refreshed monthly, the Platform Platinum Ratings provide an independently verified view of platform performance, supporting advisers as they navigate an increasingly competitive and complex platform market.
The Platform Platinum Ratings are one of FE fundinfo’s key investment rating metrics, including Crown Fund Ratings, Passive Fund Ratings and Alpha Manager Ratings, providing a range of well-established and impartial benchmarks to empower financial advisers in making informed decisions.
The Platform Platinum Ratings offer an evidence-based benchmark to enhance adviser platform research, switching analysis and due diligence in FE Analytics. For more information: Pension Switching and Platform Due Diligence.
