Aberdeen Asset Managers has won the contract to run Guinness Flight Venture Capital Trust. Neil MacFadyen, investment director – growth capital, will be the lead manager.
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Jenkins becomes head of Japanese equities at F&C
F&C has appointed Jamie Jenkins as head of Japanese equities reporting to Mike Hanbury-Williams, head of Pacific equities.Jenkins will be responsible for delivering consistent out performance across F&C’s Japanese equity products.Mark Perrin has been transferred across from the Asia desk where he worked as an analyst for three years and will now report to Jenkins […]
PTA U-turn has damaged industry’s reputation
The Chancellor’s U-turn on pension term assurance was a “total botch” which is damaging the advice, life and pensions industries and has forced an extra cost burden onto IFAs says Positive Solutions. IFA’s are bearing the brunt following the withdrawal of tax relief on stand-alone says Positive Solutions which had nearly 1,000 policies in the […]
PMS to extend offering to mortgage industry
Bankhall’s Premier Mortgage Service is launching a proposition to the mortgage market offering full aggregation of the mortgage club plus compliance and new protection panels. PMS says the new service will compete head to head with the existing mortgage networks and will be underpinned by a bespoke IT platform offering members the benefit of a […]
Beringea treads proven path
Venture capital specialist Beringea is aiming to raise up to £15m for the Proven venture capital trust through a C share issue.
What is the maximum ‘safe withdrawal rate’ of income in retirement?
Since last year’s reforms to pension legislation, a significant number of retirees have chosen income drawdown over purchasing an annuity. This has presented risks to both individuals and their advisers. In this article the risks are explained – and, importantly, strategies are presented that could help mitigate them. Read this article
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Phil Wickenden: IHT engagement has room to improve
Self-evidently, inheritance tax and estate planning becomes more important and relevant the older clients get. But importance and relevance don’t simply auto-translate into interest and action. Even at older ages (as is the case for simple will planning) and among the wealthiest (and, in theory, most “relevant”) brackets, estate planning is something that clients will, […]
Pension transfer time data published for first time
Pensions technology firm Origo has committed to publishing transfer times on a quarterly basis to help consumers and improve the transfer process. The data shows the average transfer time of each member when ceding money out of their pensions in the last 12 months. It tracks the time frame between the transfer request on the […]
CISI expands global education programme
The Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments has signed a renewed deal with Paris-based global finance trade association, The ACI – The Financial Markets Institution. The deal with ACIFMA will see the CISI collaborate on a range of financial education tools to global markets using mutual networks. ACIFMA has associations in 61 countries including European […]
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