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Notes of caution accompany wraps

By David Taylor

Published: November 26 2007 02:00 | Last updated: November 26 2007 02:00

In the UK in recent months there has been a huge wave of interest in wrap platforms, which provide online services used by financial intermediaries to administer investment portfolios on behalf of their clients.

Would-be wrap providers are each committing capital sums ranging from £3m ($6m, €4m) in the case of adviser-owned entrants such as Nucleus, to more than £100m by the larger insurers such as Norwich Union and Standard Life.

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