Technology

The Council of Mortgage Lenders is offering help to both lenders and mortgage intermediaries in the form of a new online training package focused on the regulatory regime coming into effect later this year.

IFA quotes and transaction engine The Exchange has relaunched and revamped its website to present a new image and research facility to its users.

Eight out of ten advisers believe online valuations of clients' policies have been the most important business e-development, according to a poll conducted by 1st Software.

The life and protection industry could save £37m annually by taking steps to earlier identify clients that are considered non-standard risk, says portal provider Exweb .

The Exchange has signed a deal to integrate its quotes and new business services with QuaySoftware's Business Suite.

Focus Solutions says it already has a tool ready to meet the FSA's electronic reporting requirements, which combines data translation capabilities with the ability to handle multiple administration systems.

Psychometric risk profiling software is being launched for IFAs in the UK next month which is already used by financial planners in the US, Australia and New Zealand.

Fidelity Investments is encouraging IFAs to take a break from their daily routine, put on a pair of tights and find out what it is like to become Isa-man .

Users of 1st Software's Adviser Office will be able to pre-populate their databases with clients' portfolios held in the Abbey wrap proposition.

Wizard Learning has added a new module to its online AFPC training which tests the IFA's knowledge of proposed pension simplification reforms.