SimplyBiz

Ian Thorneycroft, managing director of SimplyBiz, has died after a 15-month battle with cancer.

AIFA is reassuring members it has not given up the fight to ensure intermediaries do not foot the £58m compensation bill to cover the failure of investment ‘provider' Keydata, following veiled criticisms about its apparent inaction.

SimplyBiz has appointed Paul Savage and Sophie Metcalf to investment consultancy roles in recently launched Verbatim Asset Management.

Adviser support firm SimplyBiz has appointed two regional development managers to help run its new Verbatim Asset Management offering.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) says it is prepared to work with Ken Davy's newly-formed Alternative Assessment Project Group, but only once the FSA has firmed up its evaluation criteria for getting to Level 4 standard.

Fortis Life UK has partnered up with SimplyBiz, giving the compliance specialists' members access to an extended range of protection products.

Fortis has partnered with adviser network SimplyBiz.

AVD, the Austria-based provider of traded endowment policies (TEPs), is launching in the UK.

Adviser members of SimplyBiz will benefit from an improved front and back office solution after the firm partnered with software provider IntelliFlo.

SimplyBiz has opened up its New Model Business Academy (NMBA) to the whole of the financial services market and those looking to begin a career in the profession.