Technology

Software provider Focus Solutions has upgraded its wealth management tool for financial advisers.

Adviser members of SimplyBiz will benefit from an improved front and back office solution after the firm partnered with software provider IntelliFlo.

Life insurance giant Aegon has been congratulated for embracing technology and improving its electronic capabilities.

Following Skandia's u-turn on platform-to-platform re-registration I will forever remember June 2009 as the month in which some real clarity emerged.

The UK Platform Group, formed from the UK's biggest platform providers, will agree implementation of a new re-registration solution over the next six months, with full roll-out to meet the RDR deadline at the end of 2012.

Independent wrap platform Ascentric has been chosen by Skerritt Consultants to help grow its wealth management business.

Technology partner Assureweb has been chosen to power the quote and apply element for Openwork, the UK's largest multi-tied adviser network.

Standard Life is ditching its £240 SIPP and offshore wrapper charge after analysing its pricing structure.

Fidelity FundsNetwork has linked with Clerical Medical to give its users access to 36 new funds.

Wrap provider Novia says the FSA failed to pick up on the lack of transparency in client charges in the platform sector in its recent Consultation Paper.