Hansard Global: an unusual life company
Group chief executive Gordon Marr explains what makes Hansard Global unusual, how its new strategy is developing and the life firm’s plans for the future.
Author: Kirsten Hastings
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STM to buy London & Colonial, Rops fee waiver impacts results
STM Group has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire UK Sipp provider London & Colonial and its subsidiaries for nearly £5.4m ($7.2m, €6.4m).
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Israeli court rejects Fatca lawsuit
Israel’s high court has rejected a lawsuit to block the implementation of America’s foreign account tax compliance act (Fatca) despite claims that it violates the country’s basic law on human dignity and liberty.
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PEOPLE MOVES: BNP Paribas, Maseco, Fidelity International
BNP Paribas Investment Partners has lured its new global head of sales from Deutsche Asset Management, while Maseco has selected a former Barclays man as its chief operating officer. Fidelity International has named a BlackRock veteran as its global head of consultant relations.
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Singapore signs fintech agreement with Switzerland
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (Mas) and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (Finma) signed a cooperation agreement on Monday to foster greater cooperation on fintech.
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Hansard Int’l launches instant withdrawal tool for advisers
Hansard International has introduced an online tool that enables financial advisers to request instant withdrawals on behalf of their clients via its adviser-dedicated platform Hansard Online (HOL).
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Plans for a Chinese ‘super regulator’ relaxed
Plans to amalgamate China’s three financial services watchdogs into a ‘super regulator’ have been cast into doubt with officials saying that the government may keep the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) as a standalone body.
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Deutsche Bank rules out sale of asset management arm
Deutsche Bank chief executive John Cryan has “made it unambiguously clear” that Deutsche Asset Management is still a core part of the business and is not being sold.
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Barings merger creates giant global fund
Four MassMutual affiliates have been merged under the Barings brand to create one of the world’s largest asset management organisations with AUM of more than $275bn (£207bn, €245bn).
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Five questions the UK’s autumn statement needs to answer
With a date of 23 November now set for chancellor Philip Hammond’s first autumn statement, AJ Bell senior analyst Tom Selby has outlined five questions Hammond needs to answer when he takes to the despatch box.
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SEC fines two advice firms over client fee disclosure
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has settled charges against two investment advice firms after some clients were unaware that they were being charged more than the single fee they were paying for investment services.
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Gibraltar Life Insurance adviser stole £1.4m from clients
A financial adviser for Japan-based Gibraltar Life Insurance has been accused of stealing around JPY190m (£1.4m, $1.9m, €1.7m) from 26 customers over a period of 10 years, the company said in a statement on its website.