UK trade body creates ‘toolkit’ on how to comply with Mifid II
The UK’s Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments (Cisi) has published a guide to help firms meet the new European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) regulations.
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DeVere UK attains chartered financial planner status
DeVere United Kingdom has been awarded corporate chartered financial planner status by the UK’s Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).
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AES Int’l granted chartered status by UK’s CII
UK-headquartered AES International, which provides financial advice to expats across the Middle East, has been granted corporate chartered financial planner status by the UK’s Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).
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Old Mutual Int’l targets shunned US expats in Asia
The firm aims to distribute a US expatriate-focused “wrapped international pension” product through private banks and family offices.
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Jersey targets philanthropic investment
Jersey has developed a brochure to advertise the island as a destination for the formation and administration of philanthropic structures.
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Still time to enter our Best Practice Adviser Awards – Watch the video!
There is still a chance to enter International Adviser’s inaugural Best Practice Adviser Awards if you’re in the UK as we have extended the deadline to 31 August. So have your hard work and innovation recognised and enter today.
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Standard Life offers DB to DC support for advisers
Standard Life is launching a suite of materials to offer more support to advisers in the defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) transfer space.
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Banks use wrong approach to better business culture says report
Banks and other financial services firms which use a top down approach to implementing business culture changes are less successful in achieving their goals than those who work to instil change from the grassroots upwards, a new report says.
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Meet the Warringtons: a succession planning case study
In this, the second of a series of articles looking at wealth and succession planning from a legal perspective, Edward Stone, partner at Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth, follows a typical modern family through various key decisions.
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Mifid II, Solvency II most concerning for asset managers
Mifid II and Solvency II are the regulations asset manager think are most important this year, with data collection, enrichment and delivery identified as the most challenging areas.
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Singapore consults on int’l exchange of tax information
Singapore’s Ministry of Finance (MOF) has opened a public consultation on the automatic exchange of information (AEOI) in tax matters, known as the Common Reporting Standard.
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UK’s CII launches life and pensions exam for new starters
The UK’s Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), a leading professional organisation for the insurance and financial services sector, has launched a new life and pensions qualification aimed at people starting out in the financial services industry.