Rowan Dartington has restructured its senior team, resulting in Tim Cockerill taking over as investment director and Guy Stephens as managing director of the Signature division.

AXA Wealth has announced former Skandia strategy manager Kate Randall-Coles is to take over from Graham Bentley as head of fund group relations.

Thesis Asset Management is developing a series of direct securities model portfolios for investors with a minimum investment amount of £25,000.

The Mixed Investment 20-60% shares was the most popular sector in July for the seventh consecutive month, according to sales data from Cofunds.

Skandia has appointed Standard Life Investments' (SLI's) head of regional client marketing Alistair Campbell as head of investment marketing.

Standard Life aims to convert all investments currently held in bundled share classes on the platform to their unbundled ‘clean' equivalents by the end of the year, it announced today.

Platform providers who are overcharging for propositions are finding the "the noose is tightening" around them, according to a new pricing guide.

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Standard Life has reported an increase in pre-tax profits for the first half of the year, with strong growth in assets under management and fee based revenue.

The majority of advisers are positive on the impact the retail distribution review (RDR) will have on consumer confidence, while many have said there are signs it has already started to improve.