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Friends Provident and Standard Life will collaborate to share legacy information about clients' existing investment and pensions business on their respective wrap platforms.

Portal Assureweb has announced its latest major deal to bring front and back-end services closer together, which involves data and research provider Defaqto.

IT provider Marlborough Stirling has officially changed its name to Vertex Financial Services today, although The Exchange will keep its name and VFS will remain headquartered in Cheltenham.

The Investment Management Association is to overhaul the way in which retail funds data is presented later this year to include specific information looking at the fund of funds, tracker and ethical sectors.

US elections, the falling oil price and the view UK interest rates peaked helped UK investors find their confidence in the last quarter of 2004, says Lipper.

Online funds information service Financial Express has unveiled a new section on its TrustNet site providing price and performance data on multimanager funds.

A service targeted specifically at IFAs is being launched by Reuters Lipper to provide data and analysis on over 14,000 funds and investment news.

A service targeted specifically at IFAs is being launched by Reuters Lipper to provide data and analysis on over 14,000 funds and investment news.

1st Software says a survey of some 100 IFA firms suggests nearly 80% expect to rely on software to deal with new rules requiring greater transparency of trail commission for consumers.

Research from Marlborough Stirling suggests pending mortgage regulation is already having an impact on standards and is driving down numbers of consumer complaints.