AFH postpones shareholder vote on £225m offer
Trading in the firm’s shares has been suspended since 7.30am on Monday
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Stephen Ford: ‘We will absolutely be acquiring in the next couple of years’
WH Ireland head of wealth management on how ‘brutal’ restructure helped company finally turn a profit
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Weekly outlook: Speculation abounds ahead of Rishi Sunak’s second budget; Fresnillo and Persimmon results
The key events for UK wealth managers for the week starting 1 March
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Jupiter delivers another year of net outflows as investors pull cash from Merian Gear
Merian accounts for £2.2bn of combined business’ £4bn net outflows despite only being acquired in July
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SJP performance tainted by 33% FSCS levy hike as assets close in on £130bn
Wealth manager’s £36.7m levy was a ‘real concern and source of frustration’
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Liontrust and AJ Bell flagged for all-male executive teams in Hampton-Alexander review
Number of women on FTSE boards jumps but ‘more to be done’ at executive level
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Mark Slater rejects £225m AFH takeover bid from US private equity giant
‘We just don’t think they should be looking to sell’
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Standard Life Aberdeen to rebrand as Phoenix Group takes over its historic name
SLA will rebuild around its asset management and platforms businesses
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Covid pandemic wipes $220bn off global dividends in 2020
Banks accounted for one third of global dividend reductions following regulatory pressure to cut
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AJ Bell, Hargreaves and II demand greater access for retail investors in IPOs
Dr Marten, Moonpig and the Hut Group all excluded retail investors from participating in their stock market listings last month
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Weekly outlook: UK unemployment figures; Lloyds and Anglo-American full-year results
The key events for UK wealth managers for the week starting 22 February
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Coronavirus weekly round-up: Woodford returns, CPI edges up and UK hits 15 million vaccinations milestone
Five investors mull the events shaping portfolios over the past week
