The Week in Numbers – 14th September
50% – Rise in protection sales reported by LV= in the first half of the year. Total life sales hit £869m, with profits of £12m
£8bn – Size of Jupiter’s Merlin fund range. Jupiter’s John Chatfield-Roberts has stepped down as CIO to focus on managing the funds
2.83% – Average interest rate on gross mortgage advances in Q2, the lowest figure on record
£2.1m – Pre-tax profits for Curtis Banks in the first six months of 2015, up 82% from £1.2m in H1 last year
£12bn – Amount the tax on bank profits will raise, almost twice the Government estimate, according to EY
218 – Number of IFP members who engaged in a consultation on the CISI merger out of a total membership of 2,173
70% – Proportion of those who engaged in the consultation who backed the IFP/CISI merger
£1.9bn – AUM at Parmenion, the platform and DFM acquired by Aberdeen Asset Management
Originally published in Money Marketing Magazine 10th Sept 2015
