Alliance Trust Investments is expanding further in the UK retail market, it says, by launching its funds on the Novia platform, following recent rollouts on Skandia and Nucleus platforms.

The company’s funds are now present on 11 platforms in total, highlighting how investment funds are making use of such facilities to market their wares in an environment shaped by forthcoming new regulations on investment advisors and related firms.

The seven funds available on Novia are: Alliance Trust Monthly Income Bond Fund;     Alliance Trust UK Equity Income Fund; Alliance Trust North American Equity Fund;    Alliance Trust European Equity Fund; Alliance Trust Japan Equity Fund; Alliance Trust Asia-Pacific Equity Fund, and Alliance Trust Global Thematic Opportunities Fund.