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Schroder profits edge up
Merchant bank Schroder boosted profits last year, largely due to strong performance from its asset management arm. Profits rose by 2.5 per cent to £245m from £239m in 1996. The asset management business contributed £154.1m, up by 17 per cent from £132m in 1996. Total funds under management rose by 22 per cent to £106.9bn […]
Sausmarez made MD of Colonial Investments
Colonial Investments, the London fund management arm of Colonial Investment Management, has appointed James de Sausmarez as managing director. Sausmarez was previously retail managing director at Henderson Investors. He will report directly to CIM managing director Peter Polson.
Could you be our 'Oscar' winner?
Money Marketing this week starts its annual search for the best IFAs in the country with a call for entries for our prestigious industry awards. All IFA editions of this issue include a brochure outlining the eight Money Marketing IFA awards. These are designed to honour the best individual IFAs in the pension, investment, mortgage, […]
Dead settlor goes in offshore onslaught
The Government is clamping down on offshore tax loopholes, with the dead-settlor rule and portfolio bonds the first to be hammered. Draft anti-avoidance legislation, aimed at filling Government coffers with an extra £1.5bn, is promised next month. The general anti-avoidance rules could crack down on up to 200 tax dodges. The Budget axes the dead-settlor […]
Inheritance Tax, a tax on the wealthy? Urban myth or fact?
By Kim Jarvis, Technical Manager with Canada Life’s ican Technical Services Team. Inheritance tax has been around in some form since 1796. Estate duty dates back to 1894 and over the years this tax has evolved into the inheritance tax (IHT) we know and love today, which was introduced in 1986 as a replacement for […]
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Advisers targeted by ambulance chasers over DB transfers
Advisers are being targeted by claims management companies offering payment for referring complaints related to defined benefit pension transfers. Capital Asset Management chief executive Alan Smith was sent a letter this month from Birkenhead-based firm Pension Justice, which claims to be a “missold pension compensation specialist”. The letter asks advisers if they have seen clients […]
Brett Davidson: When doing nothing is the best business option
Patience is an underrated skill in business. Do not fall into the trap of making decisions too quickly and regretting them later. It is important to make decisions when you run a business. Indeed, there are some situations where making any decision is better than analysis paralysis. However, there are also times when you need […]
Pressure on govt to double pension advice allowance
Aegon has called on the government to double the tax exemption for employer-arranged pension advice. A report from Aegon and the CBI in March found 56 per cent of employers think the government should extend the tax exemption for employer-provided pension advice to more than £500. Now Aegon wants to see that exemption doubled to […]
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