Orchestrated Maneouvres in the Wealth
Yeah, sorry about that. So it’s been a while since I wrote here, which is daft, but no-one said I was smart. Anyway, I wanted to rekindle the blog a bit, so you’ll have to put up with it, unless you stop reading here, when you won’t. So that’s all good. Skandia Old Mutual Wealth […]
Orchestrated Maneouvres in the Wealth
Yeah, sorry about that. So it’s been a while since I wrote here, which is daft, but no-one said I was smart. Anyway, I wanted to rekindle the blog a bit, so you’ll have to put up with it, unless you stop reading here, when you won’t. So that’s all good. Skandia Old Mutual Wealth […]
The meek geek week shall inherit the earth. With advertising.
So that’s been quite a week in Platformland then. Most importantly, some bunch of Scots jokers published something and did a load of twitter awards nonsense. If you want to read about it go here and you should be able to sort of follow it. It was fun, and thanks to those of you who […]
Rebates, tax and falafels
So in a move which surprised pretty much no-one, HMRC today ruled that rebates, whether in cash or in units, will be taxable. What fewer folk were expecting was that this will take effect from 6 April this year. This only applies to monies held outside an ISA or pension (thanks!) and isn’t retrospective (big […]
the lang cat Guide To Platform Pricing – now live
So today the lang cat launches its very first commercially available market analysis report. Its title is ‘You want how much?’ and the subject, predictably, is platform pricing. We’re pretty excited about it. You can get a sneakypeeky here (just click on the image of the report). The cornerstone of the Guide is an analysis […]
Fashionably late – Skandia joins the transparency gang
There was SIMPLY NO WAY that I’d be able to let this go by. What a day for Skandia, and what a triumph of news management. With UK inflows on SIS dropping 40% and a reminder in the analyst statements that only £20bn or so of the near £40bn it’s credited with having is on […]
What can you get for £225m?
So Citywire report today that between them AXA, Standard Life and Old Mutual (the parent of Skandia) have spent £225m injecting capital into loss-making platforms. Standard lead the pack with a £116m injection to cover a £130m loss (2007-2009), AXA chipped in £47m or so to cover losses in 08/09 and Old Mutual ponied up […]
What can you get for £225m?
So Citywire report today that between them AXA, Standard Life and Old Mutual (the parent of Skandia) have spent £225m injecting capital into loss-making platforms. Standard lead the pack with a £116m injection to cover a £130m loss (2007-2009), AXA chipped in £47m or so to cover losses in 08/09 and Old Mutual ponied up […]
