Schroders completes £75bn transfer of Scottish Widows and Lloyds Banking assets
Seven tranches
Schroders has has completed the on-boarding of £75bn Scottish Widows and Lloyds insurance wealth-related assets after the strategic announcement of the two groups in 2018.
The transfer of assets, which the companies claimed to be the largest shift undertaken in the UK, was completed through seven tranches between September 2019 and March 2020. The mandates are made up...
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