London & Colonial is set to launch a QROPS next month which it hopes will revolutionise the international pensions market by offering access to a range of platforms, rather than simply the traditional choice of offshore bonds.
Carmignac Gestion has appointed a new sales manager to its Swiss team.
Neptune Investment Management has signed a deal with a Hong Kong based investment boutique distributor in a bid to increase its sales in the Asia region.
Swiss asset management company Mirabaud has launched a Dynamic Allocation Fund which will offer investors flexible management on all traditional asset classes.
A scheme unveiled in 2011 and designed to attract such highly-skilled individuals as actuaries to Malta now has some 50 takers, the Maltese financial services regulator reports.
The Mediterranean island of Malta saw the direct economic contribution made by its financial services sector nearly double in the five year period ending in December 2012 a period of considerable turmoil and consolidation in many other jurisdictions, particularly elsewhere in the European Union.
The Retail Distribution Review and the UK Government’s rhetoric on tax evasion were among the challenges discussed at a roundtable event held by International Adviser earlier this month.
The UK tax authority's 'new' strategy of naming and shaming tax avoiders has historical precedents, Jersey Finance chief executive Geoff Cook observes
David Varley, who for the past four years has headed up Axa Asia’s international brokerage operations out of Hong Kong, has been named to the newly created role of regional head of the company’s Health & Protection Development.
UK-based investment advisory firm Apache Partners is launching a fund of funds which invests in specialist managers targeting a wide range of the potentially very high growth frontier markets.
Jersey Finance, the promotional body responsible for the island's finance industry, has been asked by the States of Jersey to consult its members on the possibility of entering into a so-called 'FATCA type' agreement, including a disclosure facility, with the UK government.
ING Investment Management International has appointed Hans Stoter as chief investment officer and member of its international management committee.
