GBST head of UK business Ian Wilkinson is joining technology provider International Financial Data Services (IFDS).
Standard Life's retail platform assets rose 26% in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period in 2011, as the group added an extra 41 adviser firms on its wrap.
Cofunds has reported a 10% dip in profits for last year, citing investment in retail distribution review (RDR) readiness as the reason for the drop.
Mixed Investment Shares were popular with advisers once again in March, according to the latest sales trends on platform Cofunds.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is reassuring advisers they do not need to record telephone conversations with clients after some received inaccurate promotions suggesting they did.
Skandia UK has launched what it calls a "risk discussion" app allowing advisers to assess a client's attitude to risk in a single meeting.
An adviser has hit out at platform FundsNetwork for refusing to re-register a client's investments to a rival platform because the value of the transfer was less than £40,000.
The creator of a non-advised online fund selection tool for investors has called on more advisers to develop their own online technology.
Nucleus has appointed Faith Liversedge to the newly-created position of IFA communications manager.