Standard Life Aberdeen exits life insurance
Following the sale of Standard Life Aberdeen’s insurance arm to consolidator Phoenix Group for £3bn ($4.2bn, €3.4bn), the company will have no insurance business at all, a spokesperson confirmed to International Adviser.
Best Practice | 23 Feb 18
Mainstream ways of dealing with clients are ‘not working’
The traditional consultation-based approach to advising clients is an outdated practice that must end, according to Brian Foster, chief executive of Beyond RDR.
Generali to invest €3.5bn into ‘green’ sectors
Italy’s Generali Group is to increase investments in “green” sectors by €3.5bn (£3.1bn, $4.3bn) by 2020, mainly by ploughing money into bonds that finance environmentally beneficial projects and investing directly in cleaner infrastructure.
M&G not liable after son steals from account
In a cautionary tale for investors passing down family names, the UK Financial Ombudsman Service has rejected a complaint from a man whose identically named son was able to fraudulently withdraw money from his M&G Securities account.
AJ Bell considers IPO – report
Investment platform AJ Bell, which sits on assets under administration of close to £40bn ($55.8bn, €45bn), is considering plans to float on the public market, according to reports.