Legal & General
Legal and General IM acquires ETF platform Canvas
Legal & General Investment Management is to acquire ETF Securities’ European exchange-traded fund platform Canvas, which has $2.7bn (£20.5bn, €22.8bn) of assets under management.
PEOPLE MOVES: Tilney, Wren and Sun Life
Tilney Group appointed a new chief executive, family office Wren names a director from Sandaire and Sun Life has lost its executive chair to be Canadian ambassador to France.
People Moves | 30 Aug 17
PEOPLE MOVES: T. Rowe Price, LGIM, Savills IM
US investment giant T. Rowe Price has beefed up its sustainable investing division, while Savills Investment Management get a new Asian research head and LGIM expands its active equity team.
PEOPLE MOVES: Liontrust, Kames Capital, Legal & General
Liontrust has been unveiled as the new home for two Kames Capital’s fixed income managers, with their alma mater wasting little time in announcing their replacements. Meanwhile, a former OMGI fund manager has reappeared at Legal & General Investment Management.
Tax & Regulation | 3 Aug 17
Big UK insurers not offering financial advice tax break
Millions of pension savers cannot take advantage of a tax break designed to help them pay for financial advice because major providers including Aviva, Aegon, Fidelity, Legal & General, Prudential and Royal London are not offering it to customers, reports the Financial Times.