barclays wealth appoints head of partnerships
Barclays Wealth has appointed Paul Fleming as head of strategic partnerships.
Barclays Wealth has appointed Paul Fleming as head of strategic partnerships.
UK registered advisory firm Aston Wealth Management is in the process of opening a new office in Accra, Ghana, aimed at servicing the needs of international expatriates working in the region.
Insurance brokers in Hong Kong are expressing frustration over an industry agreement that they inform clients whenever they are due a commission from the sale of insurance products, even though their main rivals in the marketplace insurance agents, which typically represent the major insurance giants do not have to.
IFAs could unintentionally expose their clients to punitive tax charges when setting up trusts, The Asset Protection Strategy, a UK-based training and support company, has warned.
Global real estate services provider Savills has acquired specialist central London investment and asset management business Gresham Down Capital Partners.
The Emirates Securities & Commodities Authority (ESCA) is likely to become the wholesale regulator in the UAE, regulating life companies to IFAs, according to HSBCs Daniel Rudd.
Christopher Shaw has joined Standard Chartered Private Banks London office, after just over six years with SG Hambros.
Axa Group is looking to sell those parts of its Hong Kong-based Ipac advisory company that it did not dispose of last year, as it seeks to bring to an end a nine-year affiliation with the self-described holistic lifestyle financial planner, market sources say.
FEIFA has announced a partnership with FE which will give its members discounted access to the companys online fund research and monitoring tool, Analytics.
London-based Signia Wealth has recruited Martin OHare from SG Hambros, as its managing director and head of investment solutions.
Mike Coady, group director at deVere Group, considers whether European Union retirement benefits schemes are the new QROPS for peripatetic EU clients.
Trevor Smith has left Friends Provident Internationals Hong Kong office, where he was Hong Kong sales director, to join Standard Life (Asia) as chief distribution officer.