€5.2bn international life insurer to be sold
French firm Apicil Group is to take over Luxembourg-based insurer OneLife in a Europe-wide expansion.
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Regulator warns 12 DB pension schemes over transfer activity
The UK Pensions Regulator has written to the trustees of 12 different defined benefit (DB) pensions schemes regarding transfer activity.
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PEOPLE MOVES: SJP, Tilney, Nucleus
SJP announces the retirement of its investment director after 27 years of service, Tilney hires two financial advisers from Ludlow and Cornerstone, while Nucleus appoints a head of platform marketing.
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UK lifeboat scheme off the hook for Beaufort compensation
The UK’s Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) will not have to pay full compensation to clients of collapsed Beaufort Asset Clearing Services after the High Court approved a plan to return client money and assets.
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Harlequin adviser banned and fined $60,000
The chief executive of a UK advice firm that distributed high-risk Harlequin products has been banned from holding any significant positions of influence or senior management.
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Blackrock beats Vanguard in passive ratings
Blackrock’s iShares has fended off Vanguard to retain the top spot in FE’s latest Passive Crown ratings list.
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Axa Life Europe sold in €1.2bn deal
French insurance giant Axa is to sell its Dublin-based closed book life business to private equity firm Cinven in a deal worth €1.17bn (£1.1bn, $1.4bn).
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Phoenix Life admits error in closing Sipp
The UK’s Pensions Ombudsman has upheld a complaint against insurer Phoenix Life, but absolved financial product provider James Hay of any wrongdoing, after a self-invested personal pension (Sipp) was wrongly disinvested.
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UK taxman hands £29m back to pensioners
HM Revenue & Customs processed 14,477 tax repayment claims forms in the three months ending 30 June 2018, handing back just under £29m ($38m, €32.5m) to people who had accessed their pensions.
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Asia fund flows boost SJP results
St James’s Place Asia boosted gross new funds by 51% in the first six months of 2018, helping to push group gross inflows to £7.9bn ($10.4bn, €8.9bn), an increase of 15% compared with the first half of 2017.
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SJP drops Aberdeen Standard as ethical manager
A sustained period of underperformance has prompted St James’s Place (SJP) to drop Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) and appoint Impax Asset Management to run its £286m (€320m, $375m) ethical fund.
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AFH Group boss calls platforms ‘dead weight’ as he scraps fees
UK investment management company AFH Group has blasted platforms as too expensive and announced the company will be absorbing fees for new clients and scrapping them for existing clients.