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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The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association has announced it is one of 33 new signatories that has signed up to HM Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter today. This has pushed up the number of firms that have joined the initiative to improve gender diversity within financial services to 300. These range from global banks to […]
Private Finance has concluded that a borrower on an average standard variable rate could save over £4,500 a year by switching to a two-year fixed rate deal. The mortgage broker says, in total, borrowers pay £15.4bn a year in SVR interest, with the typical rate on a 75 per cent LTV loan being 4.39 per […]
Negative headlines have made offshore investing look fraught with difficulties, but overlooking them could be doing clients a disservice In the lead-up to 30 September you may have read a bit about the “requirement to correct” with regards to the offshore investments of UK residents. You may also have wondered exactly what it was. The RTC […]
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