Five years ago heading into the week of 26 August, Standard Life was preparing to expand its unit tr...
Five years ago heading into the week of 26 August, Standard Life was preparing to expand its unit trust operation over the following two years, with plans to launch a new fund every three to four months. The group was set to launch a UK smaller companies unit trust in the autumn, as well as offer a managed fund Pep mortgage from October onwards. Standard Life Fund Management, the company's retail unit trust arm, had around £655m under management at that stage and claimed to be the ninth biggest Pep provider with 84,700 clients. HSBC was also to launch a second offering of its Pep Plus, ...
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