Lloyds’ plans for Schroders tie-up set to rattle advisers
Industry speculates on where it will find 700 advisers to deliver its £25bn target
Industry speculates on where it will find 700 advisers to deliver its £25bn target
Fund selector’s exit comes as parent company Lloyds reveals its latest results
Standard Life Aberdeen has challenged Lloyd Banking Group’s decision to pull out of a £109bn contract, arguing that there are no material competition concerns.
Lloyds Banking Group has promised a £1bn share buyback, following a “landmark year” which saw it return to private ownership and profit rise 24%.
A failed merger between Lloyds Banking Group’s subsidiary Scottish Widows and Standard Life Aberdeen’s pension and assurance arm was behind the FTSE 100 bank’s decision to terminate its contract with the fund group, it was revealed over the weekend.
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Barclays seems to have got a handle on its “bad bank”, but it nevertheless swung to a loss over the first half of the year, leaving analysts feeling “the good bank is getting worse”.
Shareholders in the FTSE 100 bank were hit with a double whammy on Thursday, as it agreed to set aside £300m to redress mortgage arrears and posted lower profits due to an additional £1bn of conduct charges.
Lloyds may have paid back its debt to the UK government but its future is still chained to the Brexit outcome.
Legal and General, Lloyds Banking Group and Aviva are among Neil Woodford’s top holdings in his newly launched Income Focus Fund, marking some of his first financial plays in 14 years.
Neil Woodford has lived up to his record as a contrarian, according to analysts reacting to the major changes to his equity fund revealed last week.
The British blue-chip index climbed to 7,458.5 out of the gate on Monday morning, as the price of oil surged.