Technology

Software provider IntelliFlo is putting in place a four year £10m investment programme whilst also announcing an enhanced integration with the Standard Life wrap.

Novia has appointed Sally Stephens, formerly of Skandia, as head of operations.

The FSA has fined Integrated Financial Arrangements plc, which offers the Transact platform, £3.5m for failings in relation to its protection of client money over an eight-and-a-half year period.

Last month, Aegon launched its wrap platform, ARC (Aegon Retirement Choices), to much acclaim. Here, Mark Loosmore of IRESS gives his verdict…

Almost a third of discretionary fund managers (DFM) cannot deal with direct investments into structured products, according to an analysis of the market.

Hargreaves Lansdown has added an "ultra-low-cost" UK tracker fund to its Vantage platform.

Advisers should consider the ownership of a platform when doing their due diligence as foreign-owned platforms are historically more likely to pull out of the market, according to Ascentric managing director Hugo Thorman.

Mark Loosmore of IRESS says the Skandia platform was beginning to look dated. That is until it undertook a complete re-design...

Axa Wealth's Gary Thompson, Ascentric's Hugo Thorman and IFA Mark Hughes joined Lawrence Gosling for a debate on the future of platforms

Risk profiling, getting the right balance with pension funds and investing in America were all over the nationals at the weekend. Here's what your clients will be calling you about this week.