{"id":682,"date":"2016-03-01T12:57:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T11:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/?p=682"},"modified":"2016-03-01T15:02:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T14:02:10","slug":"the-week-in-numbers-4th-february-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/03\/the-week-in-numbers-4th-february-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Numbers \u2013 4th February 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/03\/the-week-in-numbers-4th-february-2016\/news\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-684\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"284\" height=\"177\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-684\" src=\"http:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/News.jpg\" alt=\"News\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>15%<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Proportion of Ucits funds that could be \u201ccloset trackers\u201d, according to the European Securities and Markets Authority<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>20%<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0&#8211; Rise in revenue reported by Mattioli Woods following a spate of acquisitions<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>30<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Number of sales roles being cut by Aegon as part of a shift towards its platform business<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>\u00a3600m<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Value of build-to-rent deal entered into by Legal &amp; General with Dutch asset manager PGGM.\u00a0 The rental income from the properties will be used to pay annuities<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>124,803<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Total Mortgage approvals in December, representing a 21 per cent year-on-year increase, according to figures from the Bank of England<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>\u00a3700m<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Bid reportedly made by Tilney Bestinvest for wealth management firm Towry<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>3,205<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Total number of Pension Wise appointments in December, down from a high of 6,755 in October, according to official Government statistics<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>\u00a3516<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Average cost per Pension Wise guidance session in December, up 4.2 per cent compared with the previous month<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Quote of the week:\u00a0<\/span><strong>\u201cUnless we get a warts-and-all announcement at the Budget, free of headline-grabbing spin, the Government will not achieve the incentive to save\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Dentons Pensions\u2019 Martin Tilley on Treasury plans to overhaul the pension tax system<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Originally published in Money Marketing<\/em><em> Magazine 4<sup>th<\/sup> February 2016<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>15%\u00a0&#8211; 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