Schroders, which is selling its investment banking business to Citigroup, is putting aside £200m to establish a private banking arm of its asset management business.
Schroders is also saving a “three figure” sum for establishing a new strategy to co-invest in the group's products.
But the markets reacted cautiously to the organisation's global plans as shares sank 78p to £12.36 yesterday.
Scottish Equitable owner Aegon UK is to sponsor a Scottish charity spectacular featuring world famous tenor Jose Carreras.The opera singer's December 8 appearance, in the inaugural concert at the newly refurbished Usher Hall, Edinburgh, is aimed at raising money for Leukaemia. It will be the first time in nearly 20 years he has performed in […]
Clerical Medical is predicting a massive cull in the number of IFA firms operating in the UK, believing the number will be nearly halved in three years. The company claims the current 4,500 IFA firms will be slashed to 2,500 by 2004 as firms either go out of business, consolidate or tie with providers. The […]
Financial adviser Grant Thornton is claiming small company workers left out of the stakeholder should act now to organise their future provisions.From April 2001 the stakeholder will have to be offered by companies with five whi employees or more.About 750,000 employees will be left to sort out their own financial affairs.GT has issued advice for […]
The Government is stepping up pressure on banks to help poor families manage their money.In a speech to the Chartered Institute of Bankers, education and employment secretary David Blunkett is set to ask banks to support initiatives to combat poor financial planning.Blunkett is also expected to call for more support for the Money Advice Trust, […]
Jim Grant – Senior Product Insight & Technical Support Analyst We look at how higher DB transfer values could cause a lifetime allowance issue and how that affects the advice process. Advisers are receiving an increasing number of requests from clients looking to transfer their pension from final salary schemes to personal pensions. This is a […]
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Last month, the BBC’s Money Box covered the story of a protection customer who had seen her quoted life and critical illness premium rise by around a third after she disclosed a historic mental health issue. The woman was taking cover as a parent of young children and had originally chosen an insurer after getting […]
The Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment has set up a helpline for participants in its financial planning mentoring scheme. The helpline, which is being supported by Schroders, will be open to mentors and mentees on the programme, which started on the first of January this year, looking for support in achieving professional financial planning […]
Collapsed wealth manager Greyfriars Asset Management sold its Sipp and SSAS administration business to Hartley Pensions for £820,000 an update on Companies House shows. Money Marketing previously discovered Hartley took on 1600 Sipps, 160 SSAS and almost £500m assets under management onto its books for an undisclosed sum, with fresh documents now revealing the value […]
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