A month after taking over the Artemis UK Select Fund, Ed Legget explains a (subtle) change in style; and gives his outlook for 2016.
Jupiter assets hit £36bn as it readies fund launches
Jupiter Asset Management has reached £35.7bn in assets under management after seeing £2.1bn in net mutual fund inflows in 2015. The asset manager’s results for 2015, released today, show assets rose from £31.9bn at the end of 2014. The firm saw net inflows of £2.1bn to its mutual funds, up from £1.4bn in 2014. The […]
Intrinsic bids for Tenet as Aviva eyes mortgage arm
Old Mutual Wealth-owned network Intrinsic has made a “non-binding” offer for Tenet as part of a possible break-up of the business, Money Marketing understands. It is believed Aviva – which already owns a 47 per cent stake in Tenet – has also tabled a bid specifically focused on TenetLime, the network’s mortgage and protection business. The […]
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Rewriting the freedoms: Labour eyes regulation to strangle Osborne’s pension reforms
Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party looks set to roll back key facets of the pension freedoms if it wins power in the 2020 general election. This week saw the long-awaited arrival of the Independent Review of Retirement Income from Cass Business School’s Professor David Blake, commissioned by former Labour shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves almost […]
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Off target: Pressure grows on FCA over advice due diligence scrutiny
The FCA is facing pressure to ramp up its efforts to investigate advisers’ due diligence processes after almost two years of work culminated in a report just six pages long. The regulator published the findings of a long-awaited thematic review last week which revealed concerns advisers may be failing to adequately perform checks on the platforms […]
The decumulation challenge: why pension reforms mean added risks – as well as opportunities
Income drawdown has become an attractive proposition. But adopting a ‘decumulation’ strategy also carries risks. What are the risks advisers need to be aware of? Read the decumulation challenge. Click here to read full article
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Pensions dashboard petition surpasses 14,000 supporters
Close to 15,000 people have pushed back against alleged government plans to shelve the pensions dashboard by signing a petition. This week it was reported secretary of state for work and pensions Esther McVey’s was moving to scrap the project. The petition, hosted by 38degrees, has collected 14,377 of a target 15,000 signatures in just […]
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Tim Sargisson: Why the tables are turning for small advice firms
Back in May, I wrote about the pressures building in advice firms due to a shortage of highly skilled staff and the consequent costs in recruiting. With Apfa research finding profits from retail investment advice fell 16 per cent between 2014 and 2016, I thought businesses faced a worrying future. But last month’s FCA Data […]
Trustee brought in to oversee defunct pension firm’s schemes
The Pensions Regulator has appointed an independent trustee for the 15 schemes linked to the now shuttered Fast Pensions. Fast Pensions and five connected companies were wound up at the High Court in May. According to an Insolvency Service statement, it is estimated around 520 people were persuaded to transfer a total of at least […]