Acquires Blue House Financial Services and Lewins Investments
Rory Maguire to remain as CEO and CIO
Apollo Pension & Investment Advisers is no longer trading
Aviva also cancelled large amount of preference shares
To be better aligned with market conditions
‘It’s never a merger, there’s always one dominant management team’
Comes after PE-backer HSQ flagged Kingswood growth concerns
Investment group Bain snaps up 30% ownership