enhance takes on apcims
Jersey-based investment consultancy firm Enhance has launched a set of indices to challenge the monopoly of the Apcims benchmarks in the wealth management sector.
Author: International Adviser
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etf securities appoints lidblom to lead nordic
ETF Securities is pushing into the Nordic region and has hired Peter Lidblom to lead this drive.
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global partnership head tothill leaves henderson
James Tothill, head of global partnerships at Henderson Global Investors, has left the company after five years at the firm.
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top ten dos and donts of offshore
There are many reasons to choose an offshore vehicle, whether that be to set up a company, hold money on trust for future generations or to mitigate your tax bill.
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fatca launch dates delayed
America's tax authorities have delayed the starting dates of key parts of FATCA for those non-US financial institutions in countries not covered by an intergovernmental agreement with the US.
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spdr launches global real estate etf
SPDR ETFS has today listed a Dow Jones Global Real Estate ETF, offering a “global and diversified” holding in the asset class.
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tax avoidance probe being considered by uk mps
The House of Commons’ public accounts committee in the UK is considering an inquiry into international tax avoidance, according to a report in the Financial Times.
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high profile culprits of 08 crisis jailed
Societe Generale’s high profile rogue trader Jerome Kerviel lost an appeal against fraud charges in France yesterday as across the pond ex-McKinsey and Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta was found guilty of feeding tips to a friend outside the firm.
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report sees risk to global accounting
A long-running effort to bring US accounting rules into line with global standards that were created in 2005 may be at risk, after having slowed down recently over key areas of disagreement, a report by a party to the convergence effort has said.
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world bank singapore hong kong and new zealand
Singapore, Hong Kong and New Zealand continue to be the easiest countries in the world to do business in, while local entrepreneurs in developing nations are finding it easier to do business than at any time in the last 10 years, according to the World Bank and IFC's latest Doing Business report.
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sfc adviser review finds deficiencies
Hong Kong’s main financial regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission, said it has found “deficiencies” in the selling practices of licensed firms, after completing an inspection of companies selling investment products.
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jtc group appoints new lux md
Private wealth, corporate, employee benefit and fund administration services provider JTC Group has appointed Habiba Boughaba as managing director of its Luxembourg office.