Standard Life Aberdeen exits life insurance
Following the sale of Standard Life Aberdeen’s insurance arm to consolidator Phoenix Group for £3bn ($4.2bn, €3.4bn), the company will have no insurance business at all, a spokesperson confirmed to International Adviser.
Best Practice | 23 Feb 18
Mainstream ways of dealing with clients are ‘not working’
The traditional consultation-based approach to advising clients is an outdated practice that must end, according to Brian Foster, chief executive of Beyond RDR.
Best Practice | 22 Feb 18
Is the pan-European pension plan a flop in the making?
The pan-European personal pension product aims to make long-term savings simpler while providing greater mobility across EU borders but there are critics that say the scheme, unless radically rethought, is doomed to fail.
Best Practice | 20 Feb 18
Three adviser wish lists for future IHT overhaul in UK
Inheritance tax rules are yet again set to change in a bid by the UK chancellor Philip Hammond to simplify the process.
Best Practice | 15 Feb 18
Advisers across the globe say qualifications are far too low
Nearly half of the advisers worldwide regard the level of financial qualifications in their region as far too low, with those in Asia far more concerned that any other, according to the results of a poll by International Adviser.