Threesixty has launched a stand-alone company, IFA Marketplace, to help firms find buyers. The platform aims to introduce IFA firms to potential buyers or merger partners. Threesixty predicts that 30 per cent of IFAs will merge over the next five years.
Lloyds Banking Group says Halifax and Lloyds TSB will remain the dominant brands on the high streets of England and Wales after the proposed merger goes through in 2009.
To the 6,000 ARs who were working for Prudential back in 1991-93, I owe you an apology. Actually, I should only apologise to the several hundred people who came on the asset allocation training courses I ran for Pru but I know the training material was copied and widely used by others.
Mortgage lending dropped once again in October, with approvals down almost three-quarters.
Neptune Investment Management is looking at the possibility of acquiring certain New Star assets.
By Mark Martin, manager of the Neptune UK Mid Cap Fund, and Scott MacLennan, manager of the Neptune UK Opportunities Fund H1 2014• Equity markets continued to show strength: despite a strong rally in 2013 driven by a market-wide re-rating, equity markets continued to generate positive returns for investors. Economic activity continued to be stimulated […]
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Adviser trade body Pimfa has called on the government to go forward with the pensions dashboard as rumours swirl that ministers are considering abandoning the idea. Pimfa’s call comes after reports claim work and pensions secretary Esther McVey believes that the pensions dashboard would be a distraction to rolling out universal credit and so should […]
The Money Advice Service will soon be superseded by a new public financial guidance body, rolling it into Pension Wise and The Pensions Advisory Service. Money Marketing looks at some of the key stats for the organisation ahead of the transition.
The year so far has been full of manager and senior staff moves. Earlier this month, eight senior staff at Standard Life Aberdeen left to go to Aviva Investors, to join former Standard Life Investments equities head David Cumming. With moves like this in mind, is a management team or sole manager the better choice? […]
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