sli announces wholesale expansion plans for asia
Standard Life Investments has appointed Allen Wang as head of Asia institutional business, as part of a wider growth strategy in the region which also sees other senior investment directors move east.
Author: International Adviser
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ecb number of eurozone financial institutions
The number of banks and other so-called ‘monetary financial institutions’ in the eurozone fell by 6% last year, continuing a long-term trend, the European Central Bank said in a statement.
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Hong Kong to create platform to allow cross border fund distributionund
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has announced plans to create a mutual fund platform which will allow asset managers in HK to distribute funds into mainland China and Chinese managers to distribute into Hong Kong.
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australias lm investment enters uk
LM Investment Management, a Queensland, Australia-based global asset manager, has opened an office in London and is preparing to market its range of products into the UK.
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pimco launches global income fund
Pimco has launched a global fixed interest fund for European investors aimed at generating regular income in any given market environment.
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liontrusts bond king to take emd bias
Michael Mabbutt, Liontrust’s newly appointed head of global credit, has revealed he will be investing his strategic bond fund with a bias towards EMD when it launches next month.
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financial transactions tax approved by european
The European Commission has given the green light to 11 member countries, including Germany and France, to go ahead with a planned Financial Transaction tax, a controversial move over which some business leaders have concerns.
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blackrock expands absolute return suite
BlackRock has launched an Emerging Market Absolute Return Fund for Sam Vecht and Henry Wigan, taking its number of retail absolute return products to four.
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paying adviser fees from a trust
The introduction of the RDR has changed how advisers are remunerated. Here, Canada Life’s Neil Jones explains how a trust can continue to pay its advisers.
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carmignac gestion brings head of credit
Carmignac Gestion has appointed its head of credit Keith Ney to co-manage its 5.7bn European bond fund, Carmignac Sécurité, alongside Carlos Galvis.
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italians protest as redditometro unveiled
A new “strumento” for use by the Italian authorities to track down tax evaders is being likened by critics, including some newspaper columnists, to the tactics of a police state.
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fair is fair say singapores advisers
Financial advisers and insurance industry executives in Singapore say a just-released raft of recommendations for improving the standards of Singapore’s financial advisory industry is “fair”, and properly takes into account the industry’s current level of development, as well as that of its market.