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Press release - Investors Chronicle FT Wealth Award
14 June 2013
RLAM was named the winner of the ‘Best Wealth Manager for Charities’ category at the Investors Chronicle FT Wealth Management Awards 2013. Read more
Global bond investment update - June 2013
13 June 2013
Fixed income fund manager George Henderson on the latest developmenmts in the global inflation-linked market. Read more
UK equity market update - June 2013
11 June 2013
Any market setback should be seen as a buying opportunity for equities, says UK Mid Cap Growth Fund manager Derek Mitchell. Read more
Bond market comment - June 2013
10 June 2013
Senior Client Portfolio Manager Ewan McAlpine on Fed rhetoric and the Great Rotation. Read more
Monthly bond market update - June 2013
03 June 2013
Head of Fixed Interest Jonathan Platt on a disappointing month for bond markets as economic data beat expectations. Read more

Co-operative acquisition

Acquisition of Co-operative Banking Group’s Life Insurance and Asset Management businesses

11 June 2013

At an Extraordinary General Meeting on 4 June members of Royal London, the UK’s largest mutual life and pensions company, voted resoundingly in favour of a motion to acquire the Co-operative Banking Group’s Life Insurance and Asset Management businesses, comprising Co-operative Insurance Ltd and The Co-operative Asset Management (TCAM).

Subject to final regulatory approvals involving a 'Change in Control' from the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) - the acquisition is expected to be completed in late summer 2013, meaning that TCAM will be merged with Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) to create an asset management company with combined assets of around £70 billion.

TCAM manages over £19 billion of assets on behalf of retail, pension fund, life company and other institutional clients. The company specialises in fixed income and UK equities using a mixture of top down macro analysis and bottom up stock selection with a fully integrated approach to Ethical Social and Governance issues.

Further details will be made available in due course.

Other news

RLAM wins FT Investors Chronicle Award
Royal London Asset Management has been named the winner of the ‘Best Wealth Manager for Charities’ category at the Investors Chronicle FT Wealth Management Awards 2013. The award was presented by Gerald Ratner at a gala dinner and ceremony hosted by John Hughman, editor of the Investors Chronicle, held at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall in the City of London.

RLAM wins British Council for Offices Award
Our Fabrica development in Manchester has been named the winner of the Best Commercial Workplace in the North award in the 2013 British Council for Offices Awards. Fabrica is owned within the Royal London Property Fund. More information about the fund is available in the property section of our website, while further details of the Fabrica development are available here.

RLAM wins Lipper Fund Award
The Royal London UK Government Bond Fund, managed by Paul Rayner and Craig Inches, was named the winner of the 'Best fund over past 10 years, bond pound sterling' category in the Lipper Fund Awards 2013 UK. These quantitative awards recognise consistency of performance over the longer term and this is the second time in three years that the fund has won.

RLAM wins Investors Chronicle Award
The RL Ethical Bond Fund has been named winner of the Best Bond Fund category in the Investors Chronicle Fund Awards 2013. Fund Manager Eric Holt collected the award at a lunchtime ceremony held in the FT building on Friday 15th March.

European credit outlook interview with Jonathan Platt
Head of Fixed Interest Jonathan Platt was recently interviewed by FTSE Global Markets magazine on his outlook for European credit. Watch the interview here.

Royal London Asset Management

RLAM is one of the UK’s leading investment companies, managing assets on behalf of a wide range of institutional and wholesale clients, as well as its parent company, Royal London Group, the UK’s largest mutual insurer.

We have a proven track record of delivering high quality investment management services across the major asset classes of fixed interest, equities, property and cash.

With over £50bn of assets under management, we offer a range of pooled investment vehicles, as well as bespoke, segregated solutions to meet our clients' needs.

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