Cofunds

The Cautious Managed sector held on to top spot in the Cofunds sales chart for November for the third consecutive month.

Cofunds is close to completing new pricing agreements with the fund houses yet to sign up to its revised terms.

Cofunds has agreed a long-term tie-up with Threadneedle ahead of the launch of its panel of research funds in January.

Former Cofunds director, Mark Campbell, has passed away after a two year battle with cancer.

Cofunds has appointed Stephen Wynne-Jones, formerly of SSP, as head of marketing operations.

The Cautious Managed sector is top of the Cofunds chart for the second consecutive month - accounting for three of the top five best selling funds in October.

Cofunds is running a series of courses in pension consolidation across the UK to answer a growing demand from advisers keen to bolster their expertise.

Large groups in pricing negotiations with Cofunds are likely to agree deals in the coming weeks after the platform ditched demands for improved terms on back-books of business for many of its ‘top 30' partners, Investment Week understands.

Women now lag even further behind men in the pension savings stakes, with ignorance about retirement provision leaving them increasingly vulnerable to post-work poverty, research suggests.

Mark Williams, former head of finance at Skandia UK's now-defunct Business Unit, is set to rejoin his former boss Brett Williams at Cofunds as finance director.