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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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Beaufort Investments appoints new CIO
Discretionary fund manager Beaufort Investment has promoted internally to fill the position of chief investment officer and has also appointed a new funds research executive. Beaufort Investment is part of the vertically integrated Beaufort Financial group. Head of portfolio construction Shane Balkham has been appointed as CIO and investment analyst Emma Clarke has been named […]
Profile: ‘We could be facing a constitutional crisis in the UK’ says Leodis chief
New Leodis Wealth chief executive on supporting clients through the chaos caused by the UK’s exit from the EU The long and tortuous road to Brexit has taken us from a political soap opera to what many regard as a tragedy over the past two-and-a-half years. Whatever drama is yet to unfold, the message that […]
Five minutes with…The Lang Cat’s Steve Nelson
Consulting director at The Lang Cat Steve Nelson talks making sure clients know what they’re buying and the joys of research ahead of his appearance at Money Marketing’s flagship conference. What one word or phrase do you think sums up the state of the financial planning profession today? I’m going to defer to our adviser […]
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