Old Mutual Global Investors on precious metal and Coco investing
Gerard Clancy, head of sales, south-east Asia at Old Mutual Global Investors, talks to International Adviser about making gold and silver a core investment strategy.
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Old Mutual Int’l on best business practice
Jason Pearce, area sales manager, Hong Kong and NE Asia at OMI, talks to International Adviser about Future Fit, a series of best practice modules that can help advisers run their businesses more efficiently.
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Goldman Sachs execs grilled in 1MDB probe
Singapore’s economic crime unit has interviewed current and former Goldman Sachs executives over their links to beleaguered sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), reports Bloomberg.
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Doughnut pioneer charged with $30m Jersey tax fraud
The man who brought the Krispy Kreme Donut franchise to Australia is facing potentially 10 years in jail if found guilty of concealing A$30m in Jersey to dodge tax.
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UAE falls short of top 20 ease of business rankings
The United Arab Emirates has fallen one place short of making it into the World Bank’s 2018 top 20 ease of Doing Business rankings, while the US has leap-frogged the UK into sixth position.
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MAS issues prohibition orders in latest stage of 1MDB scandal
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (Mas) has issued prohibition orders against those involved in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) state fund breach, one of the world’s largest money laundering scandals in recent history.
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MitonOptimal on advisers using DFMs
Dissecting advice and portfolio management can resolve the cost, performance and regulatory issues IFAs are facing, Scott Campbell, managing director and chief investment officer of MitonOptimal, tells International Adviser.
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Reforming Korea is too cheap to ignore
Korea is becoming more appealing to international investors as newly elected government officials in South Korea start to position themselves away from the country’s most powerful families and implement reform to eliminate many prevalent shareholder-unfriendly practices, says Jacob Mitchell, chief investment officer Antipodes Partners and manager of the Antipodes Global Fund – Ucits.
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Friends Provident Int’l on Millennial opportunities
Andrew Waddell, managing director at Friends Provident International (Singapore) talks to International Adviser about the ongoing opportunities for advisers to meet the needs of Millennial clients.
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Hefty $1m penalty a warning to Aussie financial advisers
An Australian financial advice firm has been hit with a A$1m ($766,575, £581,700, €659,100) civil penalty, the first handed out by the Federal Court of Australia for failing to act in the best interests of its clients in accordance with the Future of Financial Advice (Fofa) reforms.
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Best Practice Adviser Awards Hong Kong 2017
IA presents video highlights from the event, which was held on 10 October at the Island Shangri-La Hotel in Hong Kong.
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Best Practice Adviser Awards Singapore 2017
IA presents video highlights from the event, which was held on 12 October at the Marina Mandarin Hotel in Singapore.