Skandia

Henderson's head of UK wholesale Laurie Jaques has left the firm to pursue opportunities elsewhere.

Two thirds of advisers expect their platform transactions to increase over the next year due to the benefits of consolidation, suggests research by Skandia.

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.

Partnership is part of continued drive to enhance group's profile among offshore intermediaries

The RDR is not to blame for the challenges now facing the advice sector, Skandia says, with the inspiration for change coming from advisers themselves.

Over the years experience has taught me that, when a price sounds too good to be true, a little investigation will prove that it is.

Former Skandia CIO Clive Hale is near to completing his 22,000-mile round-the-world motorbike ride to raise cash for charity.

Graham Bentley, head of investment marketing at Skandia, believes that the losses recently incurred by investors has highlighted the need to be perfectly clear on what risk means

Fund managers believe the use of performance related fees will increase over the course of the next year, according to research from Skandia Investment Group (SIG).

Skandia remains the top platform, attracting the highest volume of new sales for the first half of this year, according to the latest data for the platforms market.