Standard Life launches new personalised platform technology

Individually Managed Accounts (IMA) offers an ability to personalise client instructions and outcomes - a first in UK platform market technology, Standard Life said. IMA uses established concepts of discretionary fund management to enable advisers to run a consistent house process with their clients' investment propositions. It operates within existing platform Standard Life Wrap and eliminates the need for manual interventions around capital gains tax and tax allowances - a specific focus of the new technology. Standard Life head of platform investment proposition Jenny Davidson s...