Investment, protection and retirement specialist LV= has completed its transition of asset management services to BlackRock from previous fund manager Columbia Threadneedle Investments.

Quintet Private Bank, the Luxembourg owner of UK Financial Planner and wealth manager Brown Shipley, has partnered with asset manager BlackRock to launch an actively managed US equity fund.

Investment, protection and retirement provider LV= is to replace Columbia Threadneedle Investments with BlackRock as its primary asset manager.

Adviser platform Transact has added a Blackrock-run model portfolio service (MPS) to extend its choice of discretionary investment managers.