More than one in five European companies say they are considering shifting their investments from China to other markets, even though they concede that the country remains a key market for them, a survey by the Beijing-based European Union Chamber of Commerce reveals.
The Federation of European Independent Financial Advisers has named Acordias, a London-based, offshore-focused investment platform provider, to be the organisations preferred platform partner.
The UK’s Financial Services Authority has increased the Annual Funding Requirement of UK regulated firms by 11% from last year’s figure to £559.8m, representing a 3.2% reduction from its earlier proposal of £578.4m in February.
Pension planning considerations for US-linked clients was how a seminar held today in London was billed. But it might as well have been entitled be sure to consult an expert if your US-linked client wants advice on his UK pension.
The VAM Group is to sell its African brokerage business VFS International.
Baring Asset Management is to launch the Baring Asia Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund on 31 May.
Assets serviced by the Irish funds industry have surpassed 2trn for the first time, according to the industrys representative body, a milestone welcomed by the countrys Prime Minister, Enda Kenny.
Nikko Asset Management has hired Aoifinn Devitt to lead the expansion of its World Series Fund Platform into Europe and non-Japan Asia.
Emirates NBD, one of the leading banks in the UAE, has launched a campaign to encourage customers to save more and is offering 7kgs of gold and luxury cars as an incentive.
Threadneedle has bolstered its fixed income team following the departure of former head of emerging market debt (EMD) Richard House, along with two of his colleagues, to join Standard Life Investments (SLI).
The euro continues to tumble as euro bonds are mooted yet again, while sterling also losses to the safe haven US dollar. Moneycorp takes you through last weeks currency ups and downs.
Aidan characterises overseas jurisdictions as 20 years behind the UK and that what really got under his skin was the poor quality of pensions advice in Asia, such as two sides of A4 for a complex pension transfer case. Looking ahead, Aidan has the Middle East on The Fry Group’s business agenda and a fully…
