Ian Taylor, one of the founders of platform Transact, died on 17 October at home after a short illness and two years after retiring. The company has written an obituary for their much-loved founder which Financial Planning Today is reproducing here by kind permission of the company.

Ian Taylor, co-founder and former CEO of Transact parent Integrafin, has died at the age of 58 after a short illness.

Ian Taylor, one of the founders of Transact and a former chief executive, is to step down as an executive director of the platform’s parent in February as he heads for retirement.

Platform Transact is to trim annual and buy commission charges in the spring as platform competition intensifies.