Technology

Webline plans to launch quotations for annuities, traded endowment policies and general insurance such as ASU and household by early January next year.

Lipper, the Reuters fund information supplier subsidiary, has won the tender to provide the ABI with data to beef up monitoring of investment classifications for life and pension funds.

Technology provider Dunstan Thomas' latest survey of IFAs, pensions administrators and providers suggests they face a herculean effort in order to overcome the challenges of A-Day.

Skandia is boosting the amount of information available on the funds accessible through its platform by adding Citywire fund manager ratings.

The Exchange is teaming up with Plum Software to supply its users with access to the Exweb quotes and new business services.

Levels of information now offered by online finance sites are now at record levels, according to key findings of the Online Finance Awards 2004 judging panel.

Edinburgh-based boutique SVM Asset Management has been added to the list of fund managers available through Selestia's platform, which the asset manager says should benefit its high alpha UK and European equity funds.

The Exchange has managed to poach as its newest employees two former Misys employees responsible for developing IFA technology.

The Financial Services Authority created its own email security breach on Friday as it revealed confidential details of around 100 financial intermediaries.

Most IFAs are ready and willing to take on the distribution challenges of depolarisation and meet requirements to maintain an independent status, suggests research from software and services developer Focus Solutions.