International Adviser Life Awards 2016 results
The International Adviser International Life Awards 2016 were announced on Wednesday at London’s The Langham Hotel during a dinner held after our flagship life industry conference, the Fund Links Forum.
Aviva
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PEOPLE MOVES: Aviva Investors, Manulife, Aegon
Aviva Investors has added four senior people to its client solutions team, while Manulife has named its new chief operating officer. Aegon’s chief financial officer is to depart, with Axa Investment Managers boosting its management team.
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Rousseff impeachment end of the road for Brazil contrarians
Wednesday’s vote by the upper house of the Brazilian senate to impeach Dilma Rousseff is being seen as a significant step forward for the country, but could well be the end of the road for contrarian investors.
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Aviva says property trust will stay shut until 2017
Aviva Investors has advised that its property trust will stay closed to trading for another six to eight months.
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Strong FPI performance helps lift Aviva’s half year profits
A strong performance by Friends Provident International (FPI) saw Aviva’s operating profit from Asia rise nearly 50% for the first six months of 2016 driven in part by strong sales of protection products and retail health schemes in Singapore.
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PEOPLE MOVES: Aviva Investors, BNY Mellon, HSBC Private Bank
Aviva Investors has named an interim replacement for its Asia Pacific chief executive. BNY Mellon has announced two senior investment services promotions in EMEA, while HSBC Private Bank has named a business head for North America.
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Aviva launches 280-strong Singapore advice business
The UK-headquartered insurer has set up a financial advisory firm in Singapore called Aviva Financial Advisers, offering advice on a full range of life, health, general insurance, and investment products.
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Aviva spreads its wings across the Asia Pacific region
Aviva Investors’ Kevin Talbot outlines the importance of the company’s acquisition of Friends Provident International for the Republic of Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia.
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Aviva launches face-to-face adviser service in the UK
Aviva will have an in-house team of advisers offering face-to-face pensions and retirement advice to customers in the UK by the end of the year.
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PEOPLE MOVES: UK government, Zurich, Deutsche Bank
On her second day as UK prime minister, Theresa May has cleaned house and named her new cabinet. Zurich International Life has appointed a new chief operations officer, while Deutsche Bank has provisionally appointed a chief executive for Asia Pacific.
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Concept of open-ended property funds is absurd – Seneca
Last week’s suspension of several daily-traded, open-ended property funds demonstrates that the concept is ‘absurd’, according to Seneca Investment Management.
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PEOPLE MOVES: Aviva Investors, Axa IM, OTAP
Aviva Investors has named a new chief executive for its French operation, while Axa Investment Managers has boosted its responsible investment team. Overseas Trust and Pension has appointed a managing director, with Pimco adding an emerging markets strategist and a portfolio manager.