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Axa Elevate has unveiled a raft of new features on its platform, including offshore bonds, and the launch of a new adviser academy.

Canada Life has formally launched its Early Intervention Services (EIS) for group income protection (GIP) clients.

Succession will link with Præmium for its discretionary management service as part of the firm's investment platform strategy.

Sesame Bankhall Group says it will "invest millions" in 2010 to support its member firms make the transition to be RDR-compliant by 2012.

ALC Health and Ibex Insurance Services (Ibex), the largest provider of insurance for expatriates in the Iberian Peninsula, have announced a new partnership.

Aviva's Financial Adviser Academy has put 5,000 advisers through its financial skills course since opening its doors in March 2008.

Global ETF assets have grown to over $1trn marking a record high, according to research by BlackRock.

Multi-managers are becoming increasingly wary of open-ended property vehicles, warning many funds are struggling to put to work the recent influx of cash into the sector.

CitiFirst, the retail structured product division of Citigroup, is launching its first open-ended fund aimed at the UK IFA market - an autocallable structured product based on the FTSE 100.

The FSA has banned a director of a debt-ridden insurance broker for failing to notice a co-director had been using client funds to keep the company trading.