FE was named Best Independent Planning Tool Provider for the third year running at the annual Aberdeen UK Platform Awards held last night. The accolade recognises the planning tool that advisers most value in support of their proposition as voted for by the advisers themselves, with some 1,500 registering their choice.

KIID provider Kii Hub has been announced as the winner of the 2014 “Award for Best Practice” at this week’s Investment Week Fund Services Awards. Kii Hub is a joint venture between TFM and FE. FE also received Highly Commended in the “Best Fund Rating and Research Service” category.

FE Analytics has added new property indices to its database, allowing investors to measure London and South East property prices against the rest of the UK.

FE is delighted to announce that it has won the “Best in Investment Analysis” award in metroBox Magazine’s Prime Awards for Banking and Finance Corporation 2014. This is the third year in a row in which FE has won this award.

Medium risk investors should hike their property allocations, according to the 19 financial advisers and wealth managers on the FE Adviser Fund Index panel. They raised the real estate allocation of the FE AFI Balanced Index to 6.40% from 4.23% in this month’s bi-annual rebalancing.

FE has awarded an Outstanding rating to M&G Investments for three asset classes in this year’s FE Group Awards: Global Equity, UK Fixed Income and International Fixed Income. Schroder Investment Management, Threadneedle Investment Services and Invesco Perpetual received two Outstanding awards apiece.

More than two thirds of investors put the same amount or more as last year into investment trusts during this ISA season, according to a joint survey by investment analysis and research provider FE, asset manager Schroders and financial content distributor Dianomi.

FE Research is pleased to announce it has won the best Proposition Development (discretionary fund management/wealth management) award at the inaugural Investment Marketing and Innovation Awards on Friday 5 July 2014. These awards are designed to recognise and reward innovation within the investment management sector.

The FE Crown Fund Ratings’ bi-annual rebalancing has seen nine funds awarded the top score of five FE Crowns in their first ever rating. Aberdeen Emerging Markets Bond and BlackRock Continental European Income were among those ranked within the top 10% of their respective asset classes. Funds must have a three-year track record to be eligible for a rating.