Hargreaves Lansdown
Tax & Regulation | 5 Apr 17
UK’s Lifetime Isa may help advisers in retirement planning
The new Lifetime Isa (Lisa) could prove a useful tool for financial advisers when retirement planning, according to Ollie Smyth of UK-based IFA firm Walker Crips Wealth Management.
Best Practice | 30 Mar 17
Five ways to benefit at the pension last chance saloon
Pension savers in the UK have up until midnight on 5 April to maximise their contributions to offset this year’s tax bill, says Nathan Long, senior analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown. Here he suggests five ways savers can make the most of their unused allowances.
PEOPLE MOVES: LGIM, Brewin Dolphin, US SEC
Legal & General Investment Management has created a new head of personal investing for its UK direct business, while Brewin Dolphin’s chief operating officer is to depart. The exodus continues from the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
PEOPLE MOVES: Standard Life, Quilter Cheviot, Crowe CW
Standard Life’s chief executive for UK and Europe Pensions and Savings is to retire, with Quilter Cheviot’s chief executive announcing similar plans. Audit, tax and advisory firm Crowe Clark Whitehill sadly announced on Friday that its national head of private clients has died.
PEOPLE MOVES: Axa, James Hambro, Fidelity Int’l
After 10 years with the business, the chief executive of Axa Global Asset Management has announced she is stepping down. James Hambro & Partners has made three senior staff members partners of the business, with Fidelity International handing five multi-asset open range funds to a new portfolio manager.