Standard Life Investments head of mutual funds Alan Burton is set to become the next Autif chairman.
Burton is currently the only nominee for the position and is set to be voted in at the annual general meeting in London on May 9.
Current chairman and Zurich Scudder Investments deputy chairman Alan Ainsworth is stepping down after two years in the position.
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HSBC to extend free will service
HSBC will continue its offer of a free will-writing service for its life insurance, income protection and critical-illness policyholders until the end of September.The offer was launched last April but the bank says it has proved very popular.Around 250 wills are being drawn up each week under the service and the average age of customers […]
Rates of change
We are living in the age of the mortgage wars. Media coverage of the mortgage business has come out of the ghetto of the business pages on to the front pages of the nation's tabloids.Cheltenham & Gloucester and Alliance & Leicester are the latest lenders to join the ranks of the rate cutters since battle […]
Assured Life helps out the uninsureable
TD Waterhouse has entered the market for structured products with the introduction of its protected investment plan (Pip). This guaranteed equity bond is linked to the FTSE 100 index over a term of five-years and one month through a Guernsey-based investment company that is listed on the Irish stock exchange. Investors in the Pip will […]
Fidelity stretches its Isa lead
Fidelity looks set to retain its Isa season sales title convincingly as this year's likely winners and losers are revealed in a new IFA poll.The Keydata survey, which polled 4,000 IFAs, reveals ABN Amro as the unexpected second-placed provider following strong performance from Nigel Thomas's UK growth fund and the launch of a UK select […]
Scheme pays explained
By Fiona Hanrahan, senior product insight and technical support analyst We’ve received lots of queries on scheme pays and when it can be used. This article explains how it works and the conditions which apply. What is ‘scheme pays’? If an individual exceeds the annual allowance (AA) and an AA tax charge is due, they […]
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Sign up Pensions regulator to share DB transfer intelligence with FCA
The Pensions Regulator has agreed to share market intelligence on defined benefit transfers on a regular basis with the FCA and The Pensions Advisory Service so trustees can ensure members fully understand the risks involved. In a new formal agreement, TPR will share its reports on DB market intelligence roughly every two weeks with the […]
Advice in the regions: Why serving the silver generation works in the North East
Advisers explain how out-of-town offices are preferable to city centres and why the retirement market is key It is easy for outsiders to make assumptions about the North East based on the so-called North/South divide. While acknowledging the real challenges in this part of the UK, local advisers are keen to highlight the positives that […]
Are top-fund lists worth looking at?
Advisers are questioning the value that best-buy fund lists have after Hargreaves Lansdown’s opinion-splitting decision to reform its flagship Wealth 150. According to a recent report from consultancy Platforum, 61 per cent of advisers use the services of fund research agencies, while an increasing number of providers and fund supermarkets are launching lists of the […]
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