Technology

Process mapping software provider Fintecs is launching MiFIDMAP, the industry's first way of visually mapping the relevance of the Level 1 and Level 2 implementation articles of the directive.

Positive Solutions is launching an administration and support technology platform to the whole distribution market through the creation of a new company, known as Platform .

TECHNOLOGY provider Dunstan Thomas has landed a deal to run Friends Provident's new income drawdown system.

Skandia, Cofunds and FundsNetwork are responsible for most of the 60% growth in the wrap platform space in the past year, suggests a Defaqto report.

Policyholders will get access to income drawdown alternatives to standard annuities at maturity following another IT implementation by Friends Provident.

PLATFORMS have for the first time become the largest distributor of ISA funds, according to new IMA figures, adding fuel to the argument that wraps will eventually dominate financial services.

The area of technology known as Management Information (MI) is the final great hurdle to fully implementing TCF, according to a discussion chaired by Ernst & Young.

I watched the television last week to see Bill Gates talking to a newscaster about the launch of Microsoft's new software, the ‘Vista' platform. This clearly is going to offer us all a new ‘vista' on the future of how we use both technology and our computers...

Progress from Royal Liver has re-launched its website to enable different types of advisers and users to easily access the information they want, based on their relationship they have with the provider.

Smaller mortgage intermediary firms are being urged to look to the technology being used by bigger players in the industry to counter criticism of processes by the FSA.