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Axa IM to offer online asset management course
Axa Investment Managers (Axa IM) is partnering with French academic institute HEC Paris to offer asset management education through a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). The course will launch in April 2016 and is open to all.
Expected UK retirement income up for third year in a row
Those in the UK planning to retire in the next 12 months expect to receive an annual income that is 4% higher than their peers who planned to retire in 2015, according to Prudential.
L&G consolidation continues with Suffolk Life sale
Legal & General has further rationalised its offering by announcing the sale of Sipp provider Suffolk Life to Curtis Banks Group. The move follows L&G’s recent decision to dispose of non-core businesses, which saw it withdraw from France, Ireland, and Egypt in 2015.
MetLife calls for light touch UK financial advice regulation
Insurance giant MetLife has weighed into the debate over the financial advice gap in the UK, arguing its research shows the cost of providing advice is stopping advisers expanding to offer their services to mass market.
Zurich to sell Luxembourg private bank unit to Lombard Int’l
Lombard International Assurance is to buy the Luxembourg-based private banking division of Zurich Eurolife S.A.