Author: International Adviser

  • p2intl links with morningstar obsr

    p2intl links with morningstar obsr

    P2international, part of Sanlam Investments International, has partnered with Morningstar OBSR as Sanlam prepares to introduce the P2strategies investment process across the full range of its savings products.

  • mpf admin fees may be capped

    mpf admin fees may be capped

    The authority which oversees Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund fund (MPF) operations is considering capping the fees MPF providers charge their customers, and has retained Ernst & Young to look into the pricing matter, according to a report published this morning.

  • industry concerns over fund registration

    industry concerns over fund registration

    Concerns over fund registration and minimum investment rules within proposed new regulations from the Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority, mean many within the industry are less than favourable about the new regulations, according to a recent survey.

  • regulators to dissuade insurers from becoming

    regulators to dissuade insurers from becoming

    Insurers deemed “too big to fail” because of their importance to the global financial system are to made to draw up detailed plans of how they are going to reduce the risks they pose within 18 months of being given the label, under plans proposed by global regulators.

  • asian investors should prioritise using

    asian investors should prioritise using

    Investors in Asia should prioritise investing in assets with little or no correlation to financial markets, according to investment services provider PDL International’s chief representative in Asia, Keith Campbell Golding.

  • standard life launches sri fund

    standard life launches sri fund

    Standard Life Investments has launched an offshore sustainable and responsible investing (SRI) fund and could add another seven sub-funds to its Luxembourg-domiciled Sicav.

  • international pensions forum south africa 2012

    international pensions forum south africa 2012

    Last week International Adviser held its second annual International Pensions Forum South Africa in Cape Town.

  • gibraltar pension funds group unveils qrops

    gibraltar pension funds group unveils qrops

    An association of pension fund administrators in Gibraltar has pulled the wraps off a new code of conduct it says is to be mandatory for companies seeking to administer UK pension schemes transferred to the British overseas territory.

  • neuberger berman appoints emna head

    neuberger berman appoints emna head

    Neuberger Berman has appointed a new managing director and head of its Middle East and North Africa business as it prepares to open an office in the Dubai International Finance Centre, its first in the Middle East.

  • winning trust in far off places

    winning trust in far off places

    Bob Pain, managing director at Investors Trust Assurance, talks about his new role at the company, and the part that he is now playing in its ambitious expansion plans into some of the less developed parts of the world

  • jefferies and co hires rbss liu

    jefferies and co hires rbss liu

    Jefferies & Co, the US-based investment bank, has hired a top Royal Bank of Scotland executive, Sherry Liu, to help it grow its business in Asia, according to market sources.

  • singapore and jersey sign dta

    singapore and jersey sign dta

    The Jersey government yesterday signed a double tax agreement (DTA) with Singapore at the Asian country’s High Commission in London.