brown advisory eyes fatca orphans
US investment management firm Brown Advisory is expanding its private client capabilities in the UK to target American expats living in the country.
Author: International Adviser
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peake heads risk at standard bank
Standard Bank has appointed Jonathan Peake to the Jersey-based role of head of risk, where he will be responsible for developing and maintaining a risk management framework for the African banking group’s offshore operations across Jersey, the Isle of Man and Mauritius.
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eastern promise life trends swiss life singapore
Demand for sophisticated wealth management is on the rise in Asia, giving companies like Swiss Life Singapore a whole host of growth opportunities in the region, says the company’s chief executive Thomas Henze
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china asset managers to lobby beijing over
Mainland China’s fund management companies have formed a new association in Hong Kong, with the aim of being able to speak with a single voice on issues of shared concern.
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switzerlands unigestion gets singapore
Unigestion, a Geneva-based institutional asset manager with more than $13bn in assets under management, has received a capital markets services licence from the Singaporean regulator, as it moves to expand its presence in Asia.
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kpmg publishes aifmd overview
The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive may have come into force last month, but KPMG believes that not everyone knows where the key member states are in the process of transposing its requirements and has therefore produced a "country by country guide" to help out.
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hmrc provides welcome clarification
Jeremy Pearson, technical support manager of Canada Life, looks at how HMRC has resolved a key area of uncertainty in the realm of discounted gift trusts and says why it’s good news
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ng to head up china desk at coutts uk
Vivienne Ng has been appointed to the newly-created position of executive director and head of Coutts International's China desk in the UK, in a move the bank says indicates the growing importance of Chinese-derived wealth in Britain.
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henderson hires new head of retail for singapore
Henderson Global Investors has appointed Wong Hur Ming as head of retail sales, Singapore.
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prestige acquires stake in methexis holdings
Prestige Fund Management, a Cayman Islands-based investment manager, has acquired a 'significant’ minority stake in Methexis Holdings, the parent of Methexis Capital Advisors LLP.
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rudolf wolff unveils pibs focused
Rudolf Wolff, the London-based asset manager, is to launch a Dublin-domiciled Ucits IV version of its financials-focused Income Fund, and has revealed plans for two new vehicles, a long/short global equity fund and another trading in ETF futures.
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Zurichs global life ceo hogan rehired by aig
Kevin Hogan, chief executive of Zurich Insurance Group’s Global Life division, is leaving the company after five years to return to American International Group, where he will run its global consumer insurance business in emerging markets.