Origen

Origen, the IFA group owned by Aegon, has acquired the financial services business of a 20-partner, Bromley-based law firm as it seeks to boost its corporate business.

IFA firm Origen will outsource fund management of its £65m discretionary business to Brooks Macdonald Asset Management.

Former IFA firm chief Michelle Cracknell has joined Skandia UK as strategy director.

Advisory firm Origen, which is owned by Aegon UK, believes there is still a place for both commission and fees in the post-RDR world.

The Treasury is cracking down on the use of short-term offshore bond investments which allow investors to avoid tax through commission rebate.

The government should offer tax breaks to employers if it wants to close the Savings Gap, according to financial services firm Origen.

More professionals are using group self-invested personal pensions as a way of buying commercial property following A-Day changes, says Origen.

Positive Solutions is launching an administration and support technology platform to the whole distribution market through the creation of a new company, known as Platform .

IFA firm Origen is urging employers to act immediately to ensure age discrimination legislation does not become too great a financial burden.

Gordon Brown and the Treasury could end up destroying personal pensions if he refuses to scrap means-testing claims Dr Ros Altmann.