difc celebrates 10 year growth into global hub
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)celebrates its 10th anniversary this month, after growing the number of companies registered with it over this decade to 1,039.
Author: Mark Battersby
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l and g bucks trend with annuity sales
Legal & General achieved a record £3.9bn worth of annuity sales in the nine months to the end of September, bucking the overall downtrend in the market after the spring UK Budget pension reforms were announced.
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guernsey gains sp rating after agency hiatus
Guernsey has been given a Standard & Poor's credit rating of AA+ after a spell in which the island has not used any ratings agency to assess its borrowing capabilities.
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FPI to make new push into Japan market
Friends Provident International (FPI) is seeking a licence to do new business in Japan, three years after a strategic review by the incoming chief executive John Van der Wielen resulted in the company exiting from the market.
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Brazils pension sector courts Nordic bank
Nordea Asset Management is reporting huge interest from large Brazilian pension funds as part of its expanding international exposure to markets outside the four Nordic countries.
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Powerful protection Fund distributor with SEI
SEI uses its unique position as a fiduciary within its pension business to provide it with the ability to offer a holistic management service. SEIs head for the Middle East, Jahangir Aka, explains to Mark Battersby
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International Adviser Fund Links Forum 2016
View the video for teh International Adviser Fund Links Forum 2016
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Global benchmark malpractice trust providers
A minimum benchmark of professional standards for international trust and corporate service providers has been issued for the first time, by the Group of International Finance Centre Supervisors.
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QROPS provider Momentum takes stake
Momentum Pensions has acquired a strategic stake in Calderwood Pensions, a UK-based SIPP and SSAS administrator and trustee business.
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Experts cameron aim to shoehorn IHT nil rate hike
UK prime minister David Cameron has raised the prospect of increasing the nil rate band for inheritance tax in the government’s final Budget before the next general election, which has been welcomed by international life industry tax experts.
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Embracing a changing land Life trends with FPI
John Van Der Wielen, executive chairman of Friends Provident International, is fully focused on international operations after a strategic review saw the recent sale of two of its international businesses
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Ashmore opens in saudi to launch four funds
Ashmore has opened a local asset management office in Saudi Arabia, to give it an on-the-ground presence in the Middle East for the first time.