Aegon

Heartwood Investment Management has hired Marian Black from Baring Asset Management to head up its investment marketing.

Investment trust Caledonia Investments is close to agreeing a deal to purchase a stake in Seven Investment Management, according to reports.

Platforms must branch out to survive

Kames Capital is to manage the latest addition to Aegon's fund range, a High Income fund intended to help investors take advantage of pension rule changes.

Former Aegon director Charles Garthwaite has been appointed chief executive of fund hosting company Fund Partners.

Aegon would establish a new registered life company in England should Scots vote for independence on 18 September.

Aegon UK has given the role of managing director of its non-advised direct to consumer service Retiready to David Beattie, as part of a management reshuffle.

Product provider Aegon has distanced itself from a view attributed to its head of marketing that advisers have been "disintermediated" and that its future lies in direct relationships with consumers.

Kames' ethical duo: UK’s challenger banks are meeting our criteria

Investors should not be so quick to jump ship when a star manager leaves a fund, according to new research from Aegon UK which suggests mosts funds continue to outperform after a departure.