Royal London Asset Management

As more and more advisers opt to use wraps, Samantha Downes looks at how the platform will transform business post RDR

UK life and pensions giant Royal London today reports new business climbed 17% to £343.6m in 2009.

Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) is planning to convert a further four unit trusts to Oeics at the end of February 2010.

Royal London 360 has appointed its first wrap relations manager in response to the increasing popularity of wraps and their importance to the company's offshore bond proposition.

Royal London reported a mixed bag of new business results for the first nine months of 2009, with its Scottish Life pensions arm down 5% but Bright Grey sales up 10% on last year.

Royal London Asset Management and the FSA are warning investors of a fraudster firm operating under the ‘Royal London Investment Group' banner.

John Deane talks to Paul Robertson on management of a multi brand proposition, mutuality and the ever present protection gap.

Royal London UK Mid-Cap Growth trust manager Leigh Himsworth is set to leave the firm in the autumn to join Gartmore.

Royal London has reported a drop in its pensions and investment business in the first half of the year, blaming market volatility and a weak economic environment.

Karen Wagg's blog yesterday highlighted a book by Aaron Brown, executive director at Morgan Stanley, which claims finance and poker are very similar and investment professionals can learn a lot from good poker players.