Aviva profits jump 14% to £875m in first half of 2024
The increase was driven by improved profitability in its General Insurance businesses
Author: Tom Aylott
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L&G Asset Management profits drop 14% following strategy shakeup
The fees involved with merging its investment management and capital divisions proved costly, weighing on its half-year results
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Investors are too optimistic about the second half of the year, warn Natixis strategists
This year’s rally could be brought to a halt by politics, especially the US election
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UK dividends reach all-time high in Q2
Dividends were up 11.2% to a record-breaking £36.7bn, with UK banks more than making up for miners’ shortfalls
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AJ Bell continues strong year as assets surpass £83.7bn in Q3
It attracted 25,000 new customers over the past three months, bringing its client base to 528,000
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69% of advisers are unprepared for the biggest wealth transfer in history
Older generations are set to pass down $72.6trn over the next 20 years, but advisers will only capture £5.5trn of it
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RSMR acquired by Fintel in its ninth acquisition in a year
The fund research agency will become part of Defaqto
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Calastone: Equity fund flows have their best six months on record
They raked in £11.4bn in the first half of the year, with UK investors favouring US and global funds
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Less than half of UK investors are happy with portfolio performance
Respondents said geopolitics and economics were ‘more turbulent than at any other time in the past decade’
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Interactive Investor: Fixed income investments triple in two years
Allocations to UK gilts soared 2,019% thanks to tax benefits
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FE Fundinfo enters strategic partnership with GPTadvisor
The new partnership will use generative AI to enhance productivity and efficiency
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Morningstar: ESG funds are cheaper than conventional strategies
Funds that converted to ESG strategies lowered their costs by 20 basis points on average