Financial Planner-formed managed portfolio provider IronBright Investment Management has launched its own investment platform.

Financial Planning app provider Multiply has launched a new facility allowing customers to act on investment recommendations they receive within the app.

Platform technology provider Seccl has launched a drawdown illustration tool to help Financial Planners support clients through their retirement income planning.

London-based financial services firm Octopus Group has agreed a deal to acquire Seccl Technology Limited as it sets out to “disrupt the platform technology market that underpins retail financial services”.