Artemis is launching a strategic bond fund in the second quarter of this year. The fund will be run by James Foster and Alex Ralph, who join Artemis this month from Isis.
UnumProvident quotes go on Webline
Quotations from UnumProvident are now available on the Webline portal. Products include personal income protection, a primary protection plan, executive income replacement, essential abilities cover and a critical-illness plan.
JLT to host UK Pensions Industry briefing in June
Jardine Lloyd Thompson will host the UK Pensions Industry Briefing in Manchester on June 14, aimed at helping finance directors and pensions professionals plan their risk management. The event aims to assist FDs and senior pensions decision makers in planning better strategies for controlling and mitigating risks associated with all forms of pensions provision. Speakers […]
Burgesses launches loan protection scheme
Specialist broker Burgesses introduces a montly lona protection policy.The Association of British Insurers says loan protection sales are running at a rate of over 1,000 an hour and lenders are raking in an astonishing 8 billion a year in commission. Burgesses managing director Simon Burgess says: “Increasing borrowers debts with front loaded and excessively priced […]
Lime promotes Amanda Waddington to general manager
The Tenet Group announces a new general manager at Lime, its general insurance and mortgage arm, in the form of Amanda Waddington. Waddingtons promotion from operations manager will see her in the new role, focusing on building provider relations and working on further Limes GI offering. Some of her projects include rolling out the non-investment […]
Neptune Global Income: Is Japan the best dividend market in the world?
By George Boyd-Bowman, Fund Manager at Neptune The Neptune Global Income Fund seeks exposure to the very best – and often overlooked – income opportunities from across the world. Unconstrained by benchmarks, the fund currently has 24 per cent invested in Japan, differentiating the high conviction portfolio from many of its peers. Watch Neptune Fund […]
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Lloyds faces up to HBOS whistleblower case again
After allegedly silencing a whistleblower who wrote an internal report criticising Lloyds Banking Group’s handling of fraud, Lloyds Banking Group has agreed to reopen the case, The Financial Times reports. Using her insight from working as an employee in the bank’s high-risk division, Sally Masterton claimed that some of HBOS’ executives from the Reading branch […]
MAS adviser directory passes 7,000 users
The Money Advice Service’s Retirement Adviser Directory now has more than 7,000 advisers listed, the guidance body has revealed. A total of 3,719 firms are now part of the directory, MAS says in its final annual report before merging with The Pensions Advisory Service and Pension Wise later this year to create a new single […]
Nic Cicutti: Issues at FOS swept under the carpet again
New report fails to acknowledge life-changing consequences of delayed and poor decisions
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