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Aviva has launched an additional two pension levels on its platform to sit alongside its current self-invested personal pension (SIPP) business.

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The Lang Cat's Mark Polson gives details of the Zurich retail platform following his sneak preview at the Scottish Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) Conference yesterday.

Skandia will switch to its unbundled platform pricing model on Tuesday 18 December - two weeks before the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) deadline.

Old Mutual Wealth is planning to turn around its Skandia platform by halving costs as a proportion of FUM after the business made a £5m loss in the first half of 2012.

Investment Funds Direct Limited (IFDL) will power SimplyBiz's Verbatim Product Centre, that launches next month.

AXA Elevate is to lower the discount it offers to users who buy the group's own Architas fund range in 2013.

An Edinburgh-based IFA firm has taken a leap into online video in order to better communicate with potential clients.

Skandia's business proposition director, Richard Vincent, is set to leave the business at the end of November.

Standard Life's Global Absolute Return Strategies fund has dropped out of the top ten highest inflows on Fidelity FundsNetwork, according to data from the platform.