Technology

During the course of this year I've been giving a lot of thought to technology. Our own experiences of technology within Informed Choice have meant I have sat through hours of presentations, read various books on the subject and had conversations with...

Now the Online Finance Awards have been delivered and the various non-winners have retreated to lick their wounds, it is time to pause for some serious thoughts on what is required by way of web-improvements to keep the industry going in the right direction....

The bar for good online services has been raised yet again at the Seventh Annual Incisive Media Online Finance Awards 2006.

QUOTATIONS for lifestyle annuity rates are being provided for the first time via an online portal through a new development by The Exchange.

SKANDIA has launched a new online inheritance tax calculator and published a short guide to help advisers negotiate their way through the IHT reporting maze.

I have rarely seen a subject matter that polarises the adviser community so much as equity release. Love or hate, black or white - there is little sitting on the fence or shades of grey.

COFUNDS has launched a new service allowing stockbrokers and investment fund managers to process deals in one place.

SELESTIA has become the latest backer of Marketing-Hub, the new online adviser support service.

Problems with former employees of providers, lenders and advisers accessing client details have resulted in the roll-out of a new control tool from Origo for management of digital certificates.

‘They don't make them like they used to', we declare when a product fails to meet our expectations. I have spent all too many weekends sat on the floor surrounded by bits of flatpack furniture, staring at assembly instructions that are as useful as a...