News
Wrap/platforms
Adviser firm Informed Choice has appointed Fidelity FundsNetwork to run its direct to consumer (D2C) platform, IC Direct.
11 March 2013
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Wrap/platforms
Graham Bentley has quit Skandia in the fallout from the group's merger with Old Mutual.
11 March 2013
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RDR
‘Sabre-rattling' IFAs have contributed to the marginalisation of the profession as a whole, according to a senior partner at True Potential (TP).
11 March 2013
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Regulation
The break-up of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) at the start of April is set to create more compliance and risk jobs in the retail banking sector, according to research from BrightPool, the specialist financial services recruitment company.
11 March 2013
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Regulation
A public vote on which of four financial products is potentially most harmful to consumers closes this week.
11 March 2013
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Economics / Markets
High net worth (HNW) investor confidence is at its highest level in three years, according to the DeVere group.
11 March 2013
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First time buyers
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has urged the Chancellor to make house building and home finance the main plank of his upcoming Budget in order to boost confidence in the economy.
11 March 2013
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Managed solutions
Standard Life Investments (SLI) has handed its £52m UK Equity High Alpha fund to UK equity analyst Henry Flockhart, who will replace Ed Legget as lead manager on the fund.
11 March 2013
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RDR
Total assets in UK wealth management reached a record high of £527bn in Q4 last year, despite fears regulation would dampen inflows and put pressure on costs.
11 March 2013
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Managed solutions
Threadneedle is preparing to soft-close Philip Dicken's £1bn Pan-European Smaller Companies fund.
11 March 2013
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