Technology

Financial firms are doubling their annual technology spend to cope with the increasing pressures handling the surge in the volume of market data.

A platform price war is headed our way in 2009, threesixty predicts.

Jackie Ison outlines the benefits of using wrap and looks at some of the challenges ahead

DEFAQTO has added equity release information to Aequos Engage, the company's product search and selection engine for IFAs.

CO-OPERATIVE Financial Services has launched its three most popular funds on Cofunds and introduced a new brand to serve intermediaries, Co-operative Investments.

Wraps have been the subject of much industry debate over the past month as the RDR stated it would look for incentives for IFAs to use platforms. The regulator also says it wants to ensure regulation does not prevent market growth. But could emerging...

Wraps are facing competition from in-house ‘super wrap' providers, according to Anthony Badaloo, principal of Church Hill Finance.

Woolwich has announced the launch of a new mortgage sales tool, which it says will give intermediaries a faster, simpler and more efficient way of doing business online.

Webline, the online quotation and fulfilment service, has launched a new client data capture facility, which will save time for advisers by pre-populating data fields in online forms.

Adviserwise.com, the eServices initiative created by eCommerce standards body Origo, has today announced six new joiners for the scheme.