
3 March 2008
ALLIANCE TRUST SAVINGS
ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF INVESTMENT TRUST ISAs, PEPs AND SHARE PLAN
WRAPPERS FROM ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS
Alliance Trust Savings, the financial services
company, today announces the successful completion of almost 4,500 ISA, PEP and
Share Plan wrapper transfers from Allianz Global Investors’ (AGI).
AGI
is the latest in a series of providers to transfer the administration of their
customers’ investment trust ISAs, PEPs and Share Plans to Alliance Trust Savings. As a result of the transfer, Allianz Global
Investor customers are able to take advantage of Alliance Trust’s flexible open
architecture investment platform known for its wide investment choice and fair
value.
Other
companies which have recently transferred customer accounts to Alliance Trust
include Investec Asset Management and Martin Currie.
Kelly
O’Donnell, Managing Director, Distribution, at Alliance
Trust Savings, said, ‘We
are delighted with the successful completion of the transfer of Allianz Global
Investors accounts to our investment services platform, adding further to our
growing customer base. This latest transfer is a testament to Alliance Trust’s open architecture platform.
While investment trust savings schemes across the market have been in decline,
we’ve seen the opposite trend happening on our platform. Over the last few
years there have been increasing volumes of cash invested in investment trusts
through Alliance
Trust Savings. We believe there is a growing acceptance in
the marketplace that the best way to distribute investment trusts is to do so
through open architecture platforms where investors can develop their
portfolios as their financial needs evolve. We feel that the choice and
professional administration we provide, along with the specialist investment
trust services we can offer to boards, make us ideally placed to win future
transfers.”
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Notes to
editors
- Alliance
Trust is the brand name of Alliance Trust Savings, a financial services
company that offersinvestment dealing, self-invested personal pensions and a choice of
investment wrappers. Alliance Trust Savings and its subsidiaries
administer assets on behalf of more than 46,000 customers. Alliance Trust
Savings is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FTSE-100 company, Alliance Trust
PLC.
- Photographs
of Kelly O’Donnell are available.