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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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Tool enlists nurses for DB transfer advice longevity assessment
A life expectancy tool that assesses longevity based on information including a health assessment from a qualified nurse is aiming to help advisers with defined benefit pension transfer advice. The FCA introduced a rule this year that advisers making a recommendation on a DB transfer must plan for a client living a “reasonable” period beyond […]
Do DFMs need to be more transparent in declaring VAT charges?
Discretionary fund manager charges have come under increasing scrutiny since the FCA launched its platform market study in July last year. The regulator is currently looking at the role of DFMs in the value chain to see if their charges are justified, with the results expected to be revealed later this summer. Money Marketing has […]
Carl Lamb: Fresh blood needed to breathe life into sector
Once upon a time, almost every adviser entered the profession via major banks and providers. These players encouraged staff to take professional exams, providing a rich seam from which firms could mine an endless stream of young candidates keen to move into the more demanding independent advice sector. Once RDR took effect, we lost that […]
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