Technology

Facebook's share price fell as much as 5% in after-hours trading as the company announced a deal to buy chat application WhatsApp for some $19bn.

Aegon's UK business has reported a £5m fall in earnings before tax for the final quarter of last year, which it said is the result of a £7m spend on technology including on a non-advised platform.

Aviva's Phil Ralli asks: Why should life companies apologise for surviving for so long?

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Axa Elevate has partnered with Distribution Technology in order to allow advisers to make transactions for multiple product wrappers in one move.

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Standard Life has launched a bespoke due diligence service for wrap users.

Stephen Mohan, head of UK & Ireland at Allfunds Bank, has reignited conversations with fund managers and clients about ‘0%' share classes, amid potential changes to VAT rules.

Analysts at Numis have compared charges from the likes of Barclays, Brewin, Coutts and Rathbones to investigate how industry fees stack up against platforms' newly-unveiled clean prices.

Wrap platform Nucleus has launched an ISA toolkit for advisers.