AXA offloads Bluefin Corporate Consulting to Capita

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Bluefin Corporate Consulting is merging with Capita Hartshead after being sold by its parent company AXA to Capita for £50m.

The firm will merge with Capita's pension and employee benefits business Capita Hartshead after AXA said the firm was "no longer aligned" to its long term strategy and "core lines" of business. Bluefin chief executive Nick Burns will become chief executive of the combined business. The deal does not include Bluefin Personal Consulting, which provides wealth management services, or Bluefin Insurance Group, and AXA will retain the Bluefin trading name. Burns said: "Clients want to work with talented people who really understand and care about them. "I believe that Capita Hartshead...

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