Retirement | 1 Oct 15
Guernsey gives green light for flexi-drawdown changes
Guernsey’s Government has passed legislation allowing flexi-drawdown for its international pension plans, including delisted QROPS funds.
Retirement | 1 Oct 15
A challenge to advisers on their knowledge of longevity
Have financial advisers factored in the issue of longevity in the right way when they do financial planning for clients? Nick Webb, UK platform strategic relationship manager at J P Morgan, thinks not.
People Moves | 30 Sep 15
Former FPI chairman Van der Wielen becomes Lombard Int’l CEO
John Van Der Wielen, the former Friends Provident International executive chairman, has stepped in to become chief executive of Lombard International, the life insurance-based wealth management business aimed at high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients.
Pru targets non-advised drawdown with low entry product
Prudential has launched a non-advised personal pension and drawdown product for the UK market, to tap into the full range of pension freedom rules which became available in the spring of this year.
Lessons learnt from int’l expansion says St James’s Place
St James’s Place has faced many challenges in new international territories which have provided the blueprint for further overseas expansion, says its commercial director Iain Rayner.