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Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich)has appointed Kristof Terryn as CEO of its global life business with immediate effect.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned and imposed fines of £28,000 each on two individuals for failings related to the sales of unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS) to some 800 investors.
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) said it is continuing to receive claims in respect of the CF Arch Cru funds, and has put the likelihood of a further interim levy for 2013-14 as ‘medium'.
Insurer Zurich UK has pledged to continue to support advisers and says it has no existing plans to build a direct-to-consumer (D2C) offering, as the company announced mixed results for the first half of the year.
Wealth manager St. James's Place has selected Time4Advice to provide its back-office platform.
Advisory and accountancy group RSM Tenon has conceded that, should an offer for the business be forthcoming from Baker Tilly, its high debts mean "minimal value, if any" will be attributed to its issued share capital.
The number of financial advisers operating in the UK has risen in the first half of the year as intermediaries re-enter the market, according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).