Momentum

Africa | 5 Sep 16

Provisca, the international distribution business launched in August by Nigel Watson and Bryan Low, has signed its first partnership agreement, opening up the products of South Africa’s third largest listed insurer to international markets.

Property | 13 Jul 16

Self-invested personal pension (Sipp) provider AJ Bell has confirmed that it has reclassified the commercial property funds, suspended in last week’s market turmoil, as non-standard assets under the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) upcoming capital adequacy rules.

Property | 12 Jul 16

Last week’s suspension of several daily-traded, open-ended property funds demonstrates that the concept is ‘absurd’, according to Seneca Investment Management.

Companies | 16 Jun 16

Malta-based pension specialist Momentum Pensions has launched a self-invested pension product (Sipp), giving the firm’s 5,000 expat clients the option to switch their Qrops, for free, into a Sipp, should they decide to move back to the UK.

People Moves | 3 Mar 16

Schroders courted a little controversy this week with the appointment of its new board chairman. Zurich Insurance named a new chief underwriting officer in Asia Pacific, while Legal & General Investment Management created a new head of product role.