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Why have so many of the preferential fund deals announced in recent weeks been based on unit rebating rather than the launch of super clean share classes?

Old Mutual Wealth vice-chairman Peter Mann has announced his intention to retire after 12 years with the group.

The outlook for the financial services sector is seen to be improving as a consequence of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), but most advisers report protection sales continue to lag following its introduction.

Skandia, which re-entered the advised protection market last year, paid out on 96% of critical illness insurance (CII) claims in 2013.

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Will Old Mutual Wealth have any use for the independent advisers it has acquired as part of its deal to buy Intrinsic?

UK platform Skandia has reported profits of £13m in 2013, up from £2m in 2012, after net inflows of over £2bn last year.

Skandia is working in conjunction with IFAs on a service which will enable advisory clients to use its platform directly in order to top up ISA holdings.

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