Managed solutions

Missing out: Are investors paying too much for certainty?

Wealth manager Brewin Dolphin reported profits surged in the half year to March, although it saw a large outflow from its advisory business.

Hargreaves Lansdown is to transfer more than £400m of multi-manager assets from Mark Barnett's Invesco Perpetual income funds to Neil Woodford's new UK equity income offering.

Lifting the bonnet on model portfolios

A ratings service examining multi-asset fund 'families' has been launched by Rayner Spencer Mills Research (RSMR).

Berlin to Beijing: CF Miton's Greenwood shares key property plays

Charles Stanley is to offer its model portfolio range via Standard Life's Wrap platform.

Pension savers will be among the targets of Aviva Investors' forthcoming low volatility multi-asset strategy, the firm's head of multi-asset has said.

IFA business County Life & Pensions and investment manager Blacksquare are to be acquired by Tavistock Investments as part of its plans to assemble a national financial services business.

Old Mutual Wealth reported a more than doubling of net flows in the first quarter of 2014, buoyed by its WealthSelect fund panel.