United Kingdom
LGIM’s early unbundling of research costs applauded
Legal & General Investment Management’s (LGIM) decision to change the way clients are charged for research ahead of the Mifid II deadline has been applauded by the co-founder of investment firm SCM Direct.
Anglo American shares rocket; Lloyds share sale axed
Anglo American saw its shares rocket 15% on news it has decided to cut around 4000 jobs and increased iron ore production.
Retirement | 27 Jan 16
Rate of UK flexible pension drawdowns slows
The number of people taking advantage of the new pension freedoms dropped by 13.3% between the third and fourth quarters of 2015, with the total value of funds released down by nearly a third.
Tax & Regulation | 27 Jan 16
Talk of UK commissions return draws ire
A return to commission payments would be a huge step backwards and contrary to the retail distribution review, said industry leaders after the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) interim chief executive failed to rule out a return to commission payments.
Tax & Regulation | 26 Jan 16
Bank of England’s Bailey named FCA chief executive
The new chief executive of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been named as Andrew Bailey, the Bank of England’s deputy governor for prudential regulation and chief executive of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA).