Technology

As advisers get to grips with the platform market it will bring real benefits to how they do business. Helen Morrissey reports

An advanced investment platform has become an essential tool in today's retirement planning market, says Alastair Conway

Demand for technology-driven solutions will see a defined move to efficient client-centric wrap platforms from product-centric fund supermarkets, writes Novia's Bill Vasilieff.

Mark Polson looks at freedom of movement between wrap platforms

Nick Flynn discusses how recent underwriting innovations have affected the annuity industry

Adrian Shandley gives his views on how the wrap market needs to evolve

Earlier this year Dunstan Thomas ran two parallel surveys based on the impact of wrap services. The first focused on providers and administrator firms and the second on financial adviser community. Chris Read, summarises the key findings.

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Richard Mein assesses how the latest technological innovations can help advisers

Matthew Craig takes a look at the Australian wrap market and asks what lessons the UK marketplace can learn from it