Technology

Software provider Focus Solutions, whose major clients include Tenet Group and AWD Chase de Vere, is in preliminary discussions over a possible takeover of the company.

IFA Life has revealed it is putting together a statement of best practice and guidelines to help advisers make the most of social media.

A new breed of platform players, catering to the restricted advice, stock-broking and corporate wrap sectors, is poised to shake up the sector, according to MD of the Platforum consultancy, Holly Mackay.

Advisers must consider the likelihood and impact of platform providers' exit strategies on their clients when carrying out due diligence, warns Skandia.

Skandia UK has posted a near 140% surge in sales during the first nine months of the year as RDR drives demand for its SIS platform.

Better Business: Platforms

Life giant Prudential has decided not to invest millions of pounds developing a wrap platform because it believes in future the technology could be given away free, according to head of intermediated distribution Andy Curran.

MASECO Private Wealth (MASECO) has chosen platform intelligence provider Voyant UK to deliver financial planning strategies to its international clients.

A new tool has been launched to help advisers find out how eServices could help them streamline their businesses.

Professional Adviser has joined forces with Fund Intelligence to investigate what advisers really think of their wrap platforms.