Need to consider longer time horizons
Walker Crips is planning for further expansion by seeking out employees at rival firms who are "disenchanted" by industry merger and acquisition activity.
FE has launched a new service comparing the model portfolios offered by discretionary fund managers (DFMs).
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking feedback on a possible ban on rebates from discretionary fund managers to clients as it develops its response to forthcoming MiFID II legislation.
Walker Crips has acquired wealth firm Barker Poland Asset Management (BPAM) in a deal which will add £230m to its assets under management.
Launched in a blaze of publicity last February, Old Mutual Wealth (OMW) set out its WealthSelect proposition as a rival to traditional discretionary fund management services.
Investment and financial planning businesses Jonathanfry and Easby Gale and Phillipson (EG&P) have completed a merger to form a company running £700m of clients' funds.
Tinder, Match, or speed dating: The DFM/platform relationship
A 23% fall in commission income held back Brewin Dolphin in Q4 despite improving revenues from fee-based business, the wealth manager has said.