Skandia

Skandia CEO Peter Mann has said the firm will target restricted advisers as part of a plan to become an integrated wealth manger.

Paul Feeney, chief executive of Old Mutual Wealth Management, said the firm is aiming to become the number one wealth manager in the UK, following its merger with Skandia.

In the first of a two-part special, fund managers explain which areas of fixed income offer the best opportunities during unprecedented times for markets.

Old Mutual Wealth has announced 200 jobs will be axed as it merges its business with Skandia.

Evidence of investors moving back into European equities has increased as two industry reports reveal it has overtaken emerging markets in a preferred list of asset classes.

Skandia head of digital marketing, Jeremy Mugridge, has left the business to join a product design agency.

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THE BIQ QUESTION

Old Mutual Wealth - which includes the soon to be rebranded Skandia businesses - is planning to take stakes in adviser firms which become restricted as part of a major change in its business plan post-RDR.