Standard Life

Companies | 5 Apr 16

Standard Life’s 1825 has announced its third acquisition in three weeks after agreeing to buy London-based IFA Baigre Davies – shortly after confirming the purchase of Scottish wealth management advice business Munro Partnership and Norwich-based Almary Green.

Global Equities Hub | 5 Apr 16

Following the global financial crisis, interest rates and bond yields saw investors broaden their demand for income by increasingly turning to equities – yet these same investors are reticent to broaden their equity search beyond their domestic market.

People Moves | 31 Mar 16

Friends Provident International has appointed a chief marketing officer for MEA, while Manulife have named a head of distribution EMEA. A Schroders fund manager is stepping down and a reorganisation at Franklin Templeton will see one fund manager stepping back from his day-to-day management role.

Global Equities Hub | 29 Mar 16

Equity investors want to have their cake and eat it, demanding ever-more sophistication from an increasingly selective list of funds, which gives unconstrained investing greater prominence in their hunt for the best possible risk-adjusted returns.

People Moves | 24 Mar 16

Former Standard Life head David Nish joins HSBC’s board of directors, while Hong Kong’s SFC appoints new director of enforcement. Manulife Hong Kong’s hires former Axa executive to head up its IT operations.