Standard Life

Standard Life Wealth has poached Barclays' wealth and investment director Andy Brodie for the role of head of operations.

Keith Skeoch, current chief executive of Standard Life Investments, is to take over from David Nish as head of parent company Standard Life.

A market for stockpickers

A "combination of politics and pensions" contributed to slower sales across platforms in the first three months of the year, with the year-on-year (YOY) asset growth rate also receding, according to research.

Standard Life has completed the acquisition of wealth manager Pearson Jones from Skipton Building Society, a move which represents its return to offering financial advice.

Fund managers give their views on the key issues impacting global asset classes and outline how they are positioning portfolios.

Standard Life has reported strong figures for Q1, driven partly by a boost to its pensions business.

Pensions reforms, underserved areas of the market, and economies of scale are driving more investment managers to broaden the type of wealth management service they offer clients.

Standard Life is closing its Savings Investment Trust ISA and Savings Scheme, and transferring customers to Alliance Trust Savings (ATS).

Standard Life has promoted David Tiller to head of adviser propositions and strategy as the firm bids to better support firms in the era of pensions freedoms.