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• Francis Ghiloni, former sales and marketing director at Britannic Asset Management, is to join Pru...

• Francis Ghiloni, former sales and marketing director at Britannic Asset Management, is to join Prudential in December, as director of intermediaries. He replaces Chris Traynor. Ghiloni will be partially based in Glasgow, as well as working out of the London office. He left Glasgow-based Britannic last year after almost 20 years with the firm. • Standard Life is launching the Discounted Gift Plan to wrap bond investments, allowing investors to donate money to a trust, set up in a beneficiary's name, at the same time as receiving a regular income. Under the plan, if the person making the ...