Technology

Nucleus CEO David Ferguson assesses the future role of life companies in the wrap arena.

Corporate bond funds saw a resurgence in popularity following a two-month dip in demand, accounting for a third of net sales on the Cofunds platform in July.

The founders of financial planning software firm 1st Software have invested £250,000 in Sammedia in return for a minority stake in the company.

Fidelity International has upgraded its website for IFAs to include a recovery indicator and additional graphs and presentations about its products.

Corporate wraps will not pose a threat to adviser firms but will instead complement their services, according to Friends Provident.

Over the past few months, Mark Loosmore from technology consultancy AT8 has been reviewing adviser financial planning tools exclusively for Professional Adviser.

Plum Software has launched a checklist designed to help advisers considering upgrading their client management software.

Skandia has added pensions to its re-named platform price comparison tool, Platformwatch.

Sesame has stressed it sees platforms as "very important" to the future of retail distribution as the final details on a takeover of support services provider Bankhall are hammered out.

The Selestia and Skandia platforms have now been rebranded as Skandia Investment Solutions, two years after their integration, but there is no end in sight for the full migration of billions of pounds of MultiFunds legacy business.