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New look Jupiter website

Merian takeover boosts Jupiter AUM to nearly £60bn 

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26 February 2021
  • Jupiter
  • takeover
  • results
  • Merian
  • Coronavirus
  • mergers

The takeover of rival Merian helped bolster Jupiter’s annual results for 2020, the company reported today.

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Schroders PW website

Schroders Personal Wealth delays growth target

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24 February 2021
  • Lloyds Banking Group
  • Schroders
  • Financial Planning
  • results
  • Schroders Personal Wealth
  • mergers

The target for Schroders Personal Wealth to become a top 3 Financial Planning business by 2023 has been pushed back two years to 2025 amid signs growth is providing harder to achieve than expected.

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Selling a Financial Planning Business

Selling a Financial Planner firm post Covid-19

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21 February 2021
  • M&A
  • Stephens Scown
  • mergers
  • Giles Dunning

The latest issue of Financial Planning Today magazine unravels the pros and cons of trying to sell a Financial Planning firm during the pandemic.

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LEBC website

LEBC reports financial loss following death of CEO

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19 February 2021
  • pensions
  • LEBC
  • DB transfers
  • Jack McVitie
  • Coronavirus
  • mergers

LEBC, the retirement advisory firm whose CEO died suddenly last year, has reported a loss of £232,000 in its latest financial figures. 

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Peter Hargreaves

Hargreaves Lansdown co-founder sells £300m stake

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17 February 2021
  • Hargreaves Lansdown
  • Shares
  • HL
  • Peter Hargreaves
  • mergers

Peter Hargreaves, one of the co-founders of fund platform Hargreaves Lansdown, has sold off a £300m stake in the firm he launched with business partner Stephen Lansdown in 1981.

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New look Jupiter website

Jupiter renames acquired Merian funds 

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17 February 2021
  • Jupiter
  • Funds
  • investment
  • Merian
  • mergers

Fund manager Jupiter has renamed most of the Merian funds it has acquired to bring them in line with Jupiter’s fund range.

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Progeny CEO Neil Moles

Financial Planner Progeny buys law firm    

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15 February 2021
  • property
  • Leeds
  • Progeny
  • mergers
  • Watsons Law

Expanding Financial Planning firm Progeny has acquired Leeds-based legal firm Watsons Law for an undisclosed sum. 

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Standard Life website

Standard Life brand could be sold - reports

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12 February 2021
  • Standard Life
  • Phoenix
  • SLA
  • Stephen Bird
  • mergers

Standard Life Aberdeen may be ready to sell off its 175-year-old Standard Life brand to acquisitive life insurance group Phoenix Group.

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Nucleus CEO David Ferguson

James Hay set to buy Nucleus for £145m

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09 February 2021
  • James Hay
  • Nucleus
  • Epiris
  • mergers

 

Private equity-owned platform James Hay is to buy rival Nucleus Financial for £145m in an all-cash deal announced today.

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Hodge Equity Release

Hodge sells equity release arm to US firm 

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05 February 2021
  • equity release
  • mergers
  • Hodge Group
  • Hodge Life Assurance Company
  • Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated

Long-standing equity release provider Hodge is to exit the equity release and annuity markets by selling Hodge Life Assurance Company to a US firm.

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