PEOPLE MOVES: Schroders, JPMAM, Blick Rothenberg

Schroders has recruited its head of solutions from BlackRock, while JP Morgan has expanded its ETF team with a double hire and Blick Rothenberg has hired a complex tax specialist for HM Revenue & Customs tussles.

Companies | 28 Sep 17

Holborn Assets returns from the cold

After ceasing all regulated activity in the UK earlier this year, Holborn Assets has been given the greenlight from the Financial Conduct Authority to resume operations and advise on defined benefit (DB) pension transfers.

Asia | 28 Sep 17

Value Partners in fund distribution pact with Forbes

Hong Kong’s Value Partners has formed a strategic partnership to distribute funds with media company Forbes, which is branching into financial services.

Onve in three not taking advice on pension transfers

Best Practice | 28 Sep 17

Client experience must be top adviser priority

Wealth managers need to consider client experience first if they are to prosper when the industry inevitably pivots away from its current focus on tax and regulatory changes, according to the keynote speaker at the International Adviser’s Future Advisory Forum Europe.

Aberdeen Standard and Fidelity 'worst of the worst'

Companies | 28 Sep 17

Broker woe and European legal costs weigh on Hansard results

Hansard Global has reported a drop in profits and a £1.1m ($1.4m, €1.2m) provision taken against ‘doubtful broker balances’ for the year ending June 2017.

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