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Life giant Prudential has decided not to invest millions of pounds developing a wrap platform because it believes in future the technology could be given away free, according to head of intermediated distribution Andy Curran.

MASECO Private Wealth (MASECO) has chosen platform intelligence provider Voyant UK to deliver financial planning strategies to its international clients.

National IFA Positive Solutions is hosting a series of mortgage seminars across the UK, outlining to advisers the current state of the market and its likely future direction.

Returns on leveraged ETFs do not fluctuate as much compared to short ETFs without leverage, when held for shorter time periods according to Deutsche Bank.

The government's new national pension scheme has an unbalanced investment remit that will "disappoint" savers, advisers say.

Colin Jelley will step down as head of proposition marketing for Skandia, to be replaced by Graham Bentley.

A review into how the industry pays for the FSCS has been delayed due to recent changes to the regulatory landscape, the FSA has confirmed.

Total life and pensions new business across Royal London increased 26% to £2.3bn in the nine months to the end of September.

Deutsche Bank has expanded its corporate bond ETF offering with the launch of two new db x-trackers funds on Germany's Deutsche Boerse.

Active ETFs provide effective distribution opportunities for financial asset management firms around the world that are seeking to bring their strategies to the US markets, AdvisorShares Investments says.