Technology

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) will be dropping in to visit one in four of the firms under its charge and if the regulator does not come knocking this year, then management boards can expect not to be kept waiting long.

IFAs are still struggling to obtain necessary charging information from platform providers despite numerous assurances from the industry, Defaqto says.

Skandia has launched an upgraded version of its U-Skan investment analysis tool.

UK eCommerce standards body Origo has announced five more companies have singed up to the Adviserwise Matrix system.

AXA has integrated its wrap platform, Elevate, with front-to-back office system, Intelligent Office offering users automatic valuations on a daily basis.

Alliance Trust Savings has improved its adviser centre to include webcasts of the provider's adviser road shows.

The FSA has confirmed its commitment to a principles-based approach for regulating the platform industry.

Transact has the best UK platform proposition but the jury is still out on the newly merged Skandia/Selestia offering, according to a new adviser survey.

Skandia Investment Group (SIG) is looking to launch as many as seven of the group's Dublin-based funds to the UK market.

Defaqto says improvements to its suitability letter software will "virtually eliminate" user errors.