For the fourth consecutive year, Switzerland has topped the World Economic Forums annual ranking of countries in order of their competitiveness, as the gaps between nations remain wide, and in some cases have increased.
Carmignac Gestion has launched three RDR-ready share classes for Luxembourg-domiciled Sicav funds.
The Securities and Futures Commission has begun criminal proceedings against Pacific Sun Advisors and its director Andrew Pieter Mantel.
Expatriate frustration with the performance of their investments appears to be on the rise; some have significant sums of money, often by entrusting it unwisely. Here, Helen Burggraf sets out some of the ideas advisory industry experts suggest might help to put an end to so-called 'spank shops'once and for all…
The deVere Group has opened a new office in Penang, North Malaysia, to give it an additional base in the country.
Like many of their counterparts elsewhere in the world, expatriates are expressing their dissatisfaction with the recent performance of their investments as regulators everywhere race to improve advisory standards. Helen Burggraf reports
Labuan, a group of tiny islands off the coast of Malaysia, this month is pulling the wraps off an ambitious plan to transform the regulation of its insurance industry.
FMG, a specialist in emerging market funds based in Bermuda and Malta, has named Joe Portelli to head up its Malta operations as managing director and chief investment officer, as it prepares to launch a platform for use by third parties interested in cost-efficiently launching their own funds.
Martin Wheatley, head of the UK FSAs Conduct Business Unit, has set out plans to tackle incentive schemes used by financial services firms, which he said are driving mis-selling and leading to consumers being sold more risky products.
Maarten Slendebroek, former head of BlackRocks international retail business, has joined Jupiter Fund Management as a member of its board responsible for distribution and strategy.
New regulations proposed by the Emirates Insurance Authority will go some way to tackling mis-selling and will help raise standards within the broker community, according to Fareed Lufti, secretary general of the Emirates Insurance Association (EIA).
Keith Boniface has left Brooklands Pensions, the UK- and Dubai-based pensions administrator, to launch his own Guernsey-registered company, Agility Pensions.
