The final set of winners to be revealed in International Adviser’s Best Practice Adviser Awards 2016 series for the Middle East region were announced on Wednesday afternoon at the Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai after the Future Advisory Forum.
Old Mutual Wealth has partnered with the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) to launch an Investment Academy, designed to help advisers meet new CII criteria.
Life and investment product providers, fund managers, and intermediaries need to swiftly absorb what the potentially game-changing regulation for the UAE’s life insurance industry means for their business and be ready to provide their feedback before the 30 November cut-off date, say Tom Bicknell, Wayne Jones, and Peter Hodgins of international law firm Clyde &…
Mifid II is a big concern for around three-quarters of global asset managers, who think regulators need to provide better guidance and tools to navigate the increasingly complex landscape, according to State Street Corporation.
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has identified eight countries as priority markets for the expansion of the UK’s insurance and long-term savings markets, all of which are located in Asia.
The fictional Warrington family is forced to deal with dividing the estate of patriarch Eric, inheritance tax, and an unexpected claim against the estate in the latest case study from Edward Stone, partner at Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth.
Unsurprisingly, most of the responses hitting the inboxes of industry journalists through the course of an otherwise quiet Friday began with “welcoming” messages to the FCA interim report on the asset management industry.
Compliance requirements are a greater burden offshore, driving up client charges and forcing some firms to turn away business, research from Step has found.
Millennials are willing to pay an average of just £28.50 ($35.50, €33.12) per hour for financial advice, casting doubt on the industry’s ability to capture younger clients amid the rise of robo-advice, research from financial services PR consultancy MRM has found.
The main life insurance regulator in the UAE has unveiled plans to tackle high fees and hidden commissions across the industry after receiving what it described as “an alarming amount of complaints from policyholders”.
The financial advisory space is undergoing an enormous amount of flux at the moment.
The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) has agreed a cross border deal enabling recognition of its financial services qualifications between Ireland and the UK.
