Skandia

Skandia has handed a £50m European equity mandate to Dirk Enderlein at Wellington Asset Management.

The FSA could be forced into a major U-turn on platform regulation as the UK's big three providers, with over 80% of total assets, labeled its proposals as "unworkable" in responses to the Discussion Paper.

Skandia UK has registered a 150% rise in net inflows in the first quarter compared to last year, which it attributes to the popularity of its fund platform and Spectrum range.

Skandia has replaced Lazard as the manager of one of the largest mandates it has ever given out, handing the assets to Aegon's Audrey Ryan.

Barings' Andrew Cole has cut exposure to emerging market equities by 10% in favour of UK-listed multinationals.

Skandia UK chief development officer Peter Mann will be named CEO of the business after Old Mutual announced Nick Poyntz-Wright is stepping down.

SVM founder Colin McLean has taken over the group's Skandia UK Best Ideas mandate following the departure of Hector Kilpatrick earlier this month.

Skandia has launched its European Best Ideas fund into the UK market.

Skandia Investment Group is adding an investment grade corporate bond fund to its Dublin-based range of single-manager products.

10 years after the TMT crash, technology is more imbedded in our everyday life that anyone would have then dared forecast.