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Best Practice | 20 Jun 17
Fearful advisers face ‘information vacuum’ on pension transfers
Nearly all financial advisers disagree with the UK regulator’s pension transfer value analysis assumptions and are having to deal with an “information vacuum” from the UK regulator, according to veteran retirement expert Mike Morrison.
People Moves | 20 Jun 17
Jersey’s finance minister out as chief minister clings on
Jersey’s assistant chief minister Philip Ozouf has been ousted, having only returned to the political fold on 26 May after he resigned in January, with chief minister Ian Gorst maintaining his slim grip on power following calls for a vote of no confidence.
PEOPLE MOVES: Cazenove Capital, Legg Mason, Investec AM
Schroders’ Cazenove Capital has appointed a UK chief executive, while Legg Mason has named a head of UK sales. Investec Asset Management has raided Threadneedle for a portfolio manager for its UK smaller companies fund.
Best Practice | 19 Jun 17
Regulation to make life ‘harder and harder’ for wealth firms
Regulation will make the job of a wealth manager “harder and harder” over the coming years, Quilter Cheviot’s Mark Hallam has said.
Retirement | 19 Jun 17
UK pension investments jump by over third in Q1
New pension investments in the UK were up by more than a third in the first three months of 2017, according to new figures by Equifax Touchstone.