Transact
Ben Roberts is an experienced financial services professional with a strong background in business development and partnership management. Currently serving as the Transact MPS Manager at Transact since April 2022, Ben is focused on delivering the Transact - BlackRock Model Portfolio Service. Prior to this role, Ben worked at Royal London from June 2014 to March 2022, holding positions as National Partnerships Manager and Senior Business Development Manager, where responsibilities included relationship building and supporting financial advice. Earlier experience includes a Business Development Manager role at Aegon, emphasizing platform and investment sales, along with various managerial positions at Legal & General from June 2000 to December 2012. Ben holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Geological and Earth Sciences from the University of Leeds, obtained between 1995 and 1998.
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Transact
Transact is the leading independent investment wrap platform in the UK. Established in 2000, we have over £50.31 billion of funds under direction (as at June 2021) on behalf of over 6,400 advisers and 205,000 investor clients. Our service includes an online platform, owned and built by us, and dedicated regional adviser support to help bring clients' assets and investments together in a smarter, more tax efficient way. We offer access to a wide range of tax wrappers (including ISAs, pensions and life insurance investment bonds) and funds which advisers use to build client investment portfolios. Portfolio valuations, purchases and sales are all supported via Transact Online which is available 24/7. Transact's parent company, IntegraFin Holdings plc, is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 index. We have been rated the number one investment platform in independent surveys conducted by CoreData and Investment Trends for 11 consecutive years (2010-2020). We once again topped major categories including Overall Satisfaction, Investment Capabilities and Adviser Support Services in the 2020 Investment Trends survey. We are proud to have been voted Platform of the Decade at the 2016 UK Platform Awards, and in 2017 we won eight awards including FT Adviser’s 5 Star Investment and Investment Innovation award. In 2018 our awards included Platforum's Best Adviser Platform over £10bn, as well as Professional Paraplanner's Best Platform and Best Overall Service - Existing Business awards. In 2019 we were awarded Professional Adviser's Best Platform for Advisers (AUA over £20bn), Professional Paraplanner's Best Platform award as well as FT Adviser’s 5 Star Investment Provider award. For 2020 we were awarded a Platinum Platform Rating by Adviser Asset (which we also received in 2019 and 2018) and the FT Adviser’s 5 Start Platform award.