The Week in Numbers – 19th October
-0.1% – UK Consumer Price Index inflation rate in September, the second time that measure has dropped into negative territory this year
£9.1m – Amount stolen from savers through pension scams between April and August this year, according to figures from the City of London police
£150m – Funds under management added by Bellpenny following its latest double advice acquisition
£6.2m – Price paid by Succession for advice firm Edinburgh Investment Consultants, marking its largest deal of 2015
£5.5m – Loss recorded by SimplyBiz in 2014, driven by writedowns on loads to Sandringham Financial Partners and a partial impairment of its investment in Staffcare
£884m – Fall in the value of investments managed by Jupiter Asset Management, according to its third-quarter results
0.07% – The new price of HSBC Asset Management FTSE All-Share index fund, down from 0.17% previously
10 Years, 10 Months – Prison sentence handed to former Arck partner Richard Clay for his role in the £50m fraud
“It doesn’t look great for fund groups to be ganging up in favour of opacity” – Lucian Camp Consulting founder Lucian Camp on the crisis at the Investment Association that ultimately led to Daniel Godfrey’s resignation