thomas miller acquisition trail to build offshore
Isle of Man headquartered Thomas Miller Investment is aiming to make an acquisition in the UK later this year as part of the group’s focus on growth prospects in the offshore market.
Author: Mark Battersby
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Hong Kong starts legislative debate for new
Lawmakers in Hong Kong have started to debate details of a bill which is expected to establish an Insurance Authority next year as part of a major reform of the insurance industry.
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Canada Life Intl poaches FPIs Jonathan
Canada Life International has brought on board long-standing Friends Provident International director Jonathan Hall as a heavy hitter to deal with significant regulatory change in coming years.
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Little acorn to mighty oak
OakTrees Ian Brady says careful backtesting and research enables the boutique to hit above its weight.
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FPI courts Indian expat clients as part of wider
Friends Provident International is targeting non-resident Indians as part of a wider focus on specific expat client groups following the recent appointment of Philip Cernik as head of global expat propositions.
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Swimming upstream
Manager of the M&G Optimal Income Fund, Richard Woolnough, discusses why he is bucking the recent bearish trend on the bond market, visiting but not living in equities and how he would deal with interest rates if he found himself running a central bank.
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Alternatives to annuities in development
International fund management groups are expected to launch a wave of retirement style products in coming years as an alternative to life company annuities, which took a big knock after the UK spring Budgets radical overhaul of pension rules.
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Jupiter expands its universe
After taking up the baton of Jupiter CEO from Edward Bonham Carter, Maarten Slendebroek, together with executive director Kevin Scott, is driving the global side of the business in what Slendebroek terms an ‘evolution, not revolution’ of Bonham Carter’s style.
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Isle of man chief defends loss of S&P rating
Isle of Man Government chief minister Allan Bell has defended its decision to stop funding a Standard & Poor’s rating for the island following concerns raised by one of the international life companies.
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friends life to receive offers to buy lombard
Friends Life is getting closer to selling its Luxembourg-based Lombard International Assurance business, with an imminent offer on the cards.
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Bahamas labels oecd tax sharing forum flawed
The Bahama’s financial services minister Ryan Pinder has called the OECD’s initiative for automatic exchange of tax information between jurisdictions a “flawed” concept, arguing the case for bilateral rather than multilateral agreements.
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skandia intl q1 sales down
Skandia International’s gross sales for cross border business were down 5% in the first quarter of this year, to £427m from £449m in Q1 2013.