August to October saw another quarter of significant growth with 48,000 activity/ mentions (a 17% increase vs the previous quarter) across the cohort of wealth management Brands included in this research. Wider UK industry activity/mentions grew by 8% for the quarter (off a much larger sample base
Read more →Aberdeen Asset Management has bought fund manager Scottish Widows Investment Partnership from Lloyds Banking Group in a £650m deal as part of a “strategic partnership” with the lender. The fund manager is acquiring SWIP via the issue of 131.8m new shares to the state-backed bank worth £550m
Read more →The parent company of Threadneedle Investments is set to make an £800m bid for Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, the fund management arm of Lloyds Banking Group. Ameriprise Financial, a New York-listed giant with a market value of close to £10bn, is leading a pack of bidders for
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Read more →Earlier this month Fishtank released our most recent ‘Social Media Intelligence – Retail Distribution Review (RDR) UK’ Report covering the months of November, December and January 2013. Findings from the current quarters research continue to confirm that relevance of Social Media across the industry, and the increasing
Read more →News of Bestinvest’s list of ‘dog funds’ carried by mainstream media on the 23rd July sparked a widespread response and sharing through social media. The Bestinvest’s list highlights funds that have underperformed their benchmark by 10% or more cumulatively over the last three years. Major fund groups Scottish
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