Just Retirement merges with rival in £1.4bn deal
British annuity providers Just Retirement and Partnership Assurance have completed a £1.4bn ($2bn, €1.8bn) merger which saw it relaunch on the London Stock Exchange Monday as JRP Group.
Axa finalises €189m sale of Portuguese units to Ageas
French insurance giant Axa has completed the sale of its operations in Portugal to Belgian insurer Ageas for €189m ($215m, £151m), the company has announced.
Macro Views | 1 Apr 16
Investors ‘piling in’ to the dollar, says deVere’s Stanton
Investors are pinning their hopes on the dollar after sterling hit a nine-day high against the currency earlier this week and they will continue to do so over fears of a Brexit vote in June, says deVere group’s head of foreign exchange, James Stanton.
Macro Views | 1 Apr 16
Data key as wealth managers gear up for volatile summer
Like Janet Yellen’s Federal Reserve, it would appear that UK wealth managers are planning to be very data dependent in the second quarter.
Bangkok-based MBMG co-founder Graham Macdonald to retire
MBMG Group co-founder and managing director, Graham Macdonald, has confirmed that he will retire from his post in Thailand at the end of May.