Technology

ZURICH International Life Limited (Zurich) is adding a range of fund links to its Mirror and International Wealth Account (IWA) platforms include five new Islamic funds.

IFA portals, back office technology services, and product providers have unveiled a major education initiative to help intermediaries understand what e-business can do for them.

Canada Life has added enhancements to its e-business portal which should see group risk products go ‘on-risk' within 10 minutes.

Assureweb has signed Prudential as a new shareholder in the IT firm at the same time as revealing major new development of its core platform is to be unveiled.

STANDARD Life has denied it is de-emphasising its wrap proposition after it was accused of doing so by another provider.

I don't know if it's just me but the segmentation of the wrap market seems to have taken a further turn in the last few days.

NEW Star has launched a closed-end funds website, providing information on the firm's four London-listed closed-end funds.

Charles Babbage, Tim Berners-Lee and Bill Gates have all contributed in their inimitable way to ensuring that technology dominates how society interacts, works and conducts business.

The Association of IFAs and the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries have unveiled revamped websites.

Too much energy is wasted in trying to define what a wrap is, when all advisers should be asking is what a wrap needs to be able to do to add value to their business, suggests James Hay.