By Elliot Gulliver-Needham Investors deposited £6.1bn into AJ Bell over the last year as customers at the investment platform swelled 14 per cent. While the results were impressive, they broadly matched expectations from analysts, leaving some disappointed it hadn’t managed to beat them. “Given the outperformance delivered by both Quilter and IntegraFin during the quarter, we believe that AJ Bell’s in-line performance may be seen as a slight negative,” said Investec analysts Rahim Karim and Jens Ehrenberg. This was especially meaningful given the company’s strong share price performance, risin…