Cost savings, IPOs and senior departures: The key wealth management events of 2018

Which stories dominated the headlines?

Laura Dew
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Investment Week looks back at the biggest wealth manager moves that made the headlines in 2018.

Investment Week looks back at the biggest wealth manager moves that made the headlines in 2018. 2018 was an eventful year in the world of wealth management. For some, it brought good news as they launched cost-cutting initiatives or, in the case of Old Mutual Wealth, finally embarked on a new chapter as a stand-alone business. Others, however, suffered some bad news, for example Standard Life Aberdeen, which lost a £109bn investment contract it managed for Lloyds.  From month to month, Investment Week takes you through 12 of the biggest wealth management stories as 2018 draws to an...

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