Latest News - David Campbell
FCA boss defends role in £237m mini-bond collapse
Andrew Bailey has defended the regulator’s handling of the collapse mini-bond manufacturer London Capital & Finance
Nick Train sinks £256m into Schroders as he pushes US invasion
In the latest of a series of punchy recent moves, Citywire AA-rated Nick Train has put around £256 million into Schroders, upping his stake by more than a third.
Wealth firm losses triple on staff exits and restructure
Losses at Kingswood blew out from £1 million to £3 million last year as an ongoing restructuring caused an £800,000 drag on revenue
Brewin closes in on £50m deal for Investec's Irish brokerage
Brewin Dolphin is in ‘exclusive’ talks with Investec over a possible €60 million (£52 million) takeover of the South African group’s Irish stockbroking business
Five shares the pros are buying and selling
Our regular roundup of trades by professional investors, featuring StatPro, JTC, CrossWord Cybersecurity, Datalex and Numis.
Charles Stanley Direct clients ignore fee hike to lift assets 15%
Clients of direct-to-consumer fund brokerage platform Charles Stanley Direct do not appear to have been deterred by an increase in fees last year
Senior Investec wealth manager took own life over regulatory probe fears
An Investec director took his own life because he feared losing his job over an internal probe into an ‘honest mistake’ a coroner has ruled.
Ruffer: we're racing into 'nine foot jump over 10 foot gap'
Policymakers around the world are accelerating into a ‘nine foot jump over a 10 foot gap’
Standard Life Aberdeen wins contract on £4.6bn fund service
Standard Life Aberdeen has been awarded a contract to provide multi-manager funds to clients of Skipton Building Society’s £4.6 billion investment service
Five shares the pros are buying and selling
Our regular roundup of trades by professional investors, featuring Mark Niznik of Artemis and Paul Mumford of Cavendish.
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What Quilter/Lighthouse tells us about consolidation wave
Since the beginning of this year at least 14 deals have been announced but how do valuations in the financial advice and wealth management sector look like?
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Why are so many wealth managers desperate to pack it in?
Increased regulation, Brexit, short-termism - with so many pressures piling up, it comes as no surprise wealth manager job satisfaction is on the decline.
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Top 30 under 30: how wealth firms can appeal to young talent
The young guns of 2019 tell us industry’s boorish and boring image must be tackled.
